Software Developer – WO Media Sales, Birmingham

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leader in advertising management software for Media companies, providing innovative, proven solutions for managing broadcast and cable operations. Our core WO Traffic software platform powers more than 2,200 stations and networks around the globe, managing more than $20 billion in annual advertising revenue. Our Radio automation software manages the content for more than 3200 Radio stations. WideOrbit is a fast growing, financially stable organization with more than $180 million in contract backlog and is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.
Job Description:
We’re modernizing the broadcasting industry and we need top notch developers who are up for the challenge to use new technologies to solve old media problems. Our stellar Software Developers will work on one of our newest products – WO Media Sales. WO Media Sales is a software solution that allows sales professionals to analyze ratings and intelligently target their approaches for selling time slots to advertisers. Every developer is a critical part of the design and implementation of a world class product at WideOrbit. This is Industrial Strength Programming – performance critical application development with a 3-tier, high-availability, high-volume, distributed architecture.
Our .Net Developers enjoy working on a very BIG, complex application with MAJOR media customers in a fast paced yet casual business environment.

Here’s what we’re looking for:
•3+ years of experience in C# (.Net 2.0 minimum)
•SQL, 3+ years required
•WPF, Winforms and Silverlight experience preferred
•MS SQL Server Transact-SQL programming
•JavaScript and HTML5 preferred
•Knowledge of Powerbuilder and Delphi preferred
•Experience writing code for multi-threaded environments; both client UI and server framework
•Experience writing and optimizing SQL, for MSSQL Server, requiring a high degree of scalability and concurrency
•Strong OO design skills; knowledge of the CLR and FCL
•Good algorithmic skills and experience applying design patterns to both new and existing code
•Excellent communication skills
•Willingness to thoroughly unit test and debug complex code that you, or others, may write.
•Experience with other programming tools, languages and protocols a plus

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

Location:
This position will be based in our Hoover office which is near Birmingham, AL.

To apply:
Please apply at www.wideorbit.com/careers/

(05-22-14)