Senior Developer

Discovery Communications is a global mass media and entertainment company. The company operates through U.S. networks; international networks; education; and other segments. It owns and operates television networks under many brand names, including Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, Velocity, Discovery Family, American Heroes, Destination America, Discovery Life, Oprah Winfrey Network, Eurosport, DMAX, and Discovery Kids.

You will have the opportunity to work with great technologies in a collaborative environment and gain exposure to new languages and technologies. Within the role you will produce high quality code for a range of leading web products and services. You will be responsible for the implementation of vital software components and build features used by millions of people.

Requirements: - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience 2. Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written English and drive to contribute ideas and share knowledge proactively 3. Experience in working in a team and agile development environment 4. Expert skills in PHP and MVC frameworks such as Laravel, Zend, Kohana, CodeIgniter. 5. Excellent knowledge of relational database systems such as MySQL and experience with or exposure to NoSQL systems such as MongoDB 6. Strong skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and front end frameworks such as Knockout/Backbone/Angular * Good understanding of server and cloud computing technologies from providers such as AWS and Rackspace * Experience with Git/GitHub or similar DVCS * Experience with build tools like Gulp/Grunt and Jenkins * Experience in building very high traffic web assets that are responsive based on device request * Working knowledge of Google Tag Manager/Analytics and ad servers such as DFP/RealMedia/FreeWheel * Must have legal right to work in the United States