Future Opportunities - Sr. Back End Engineers - Military Veterans
at Hearst
Why iCrossing?
For over 20 years, iCrossing has been partnering with the world's largest B2B and B2C brands to provide connected marketing & technology solutions that transform brand experiences and marketing strategies into superior business outcomes. Our human centric approach evolves customer experience, employee experience, and user experience across digital and physical channels powered by data and intelligent creative.
We believe our biggest asset is our combination of different backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines that come together to form iCrossing community. What we do starts with our people.
We are part of the Hearst Corporation, the world's leading media, entertainment, and content company, which gives us access to the most valuable data and insights, talent and audiences.
About this team
Want to work with our technology team but don't see a job on our Careers page that fits your background right now? Apply here to be considered for future opportunities with these teams.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Back End Engineer, you'll be joining a group of talented technologists tasked with developing large-scale Java (or Python) applications and microservices functional infrastructure, all running on Amazon Web Services.
Additionally, you will:
- Be instrumental in developing digital experiences using cutting edge technology by leveraging your Java (or Python) software development experience.
- Develop code for highly visible marketing and eCommerce websites.
- Collaborate with technical managers to estimate specific work assignments, ensure the quality of your deliverables and highlight issues.
Who you are:
- 4+ years of experience building websites, APIs or microservices.
- Creativity and experience developing best in-class software applications, using a variety of open-source frameworks.
- Experience in writing code that interacts with SQL or NoSQL databases; Cloud Web Services such as AWS EC2, S3, and Lambda or similar services-based API-driven cloud technologies.
- Knowledge of working with git and shells in a terminal on daily basis.
- Skills at setting your local development environment tooling and deploying code to a remote server environment.
Great if you also have:
- Implementation knowledge of building custom components on a CMS platform.
- Working knowledge with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) CMS.
- Hands on capability of AEM versions 6.5 or AEM as a Cloud Service.
About our technology team
We're engineers and solutions integrators experienced at all levels of the application life cycle. No matter our individual role, every team member has two essential responsibilities: build technologies that power digital transformations and make the impossible, possible.
With a clear focus on creating engaging, rich, and dynamic customer experiences, together we create world-class data-driven solutions for Omni-channel digital marketing initiatives. Keeping up with the proliferation of devices, operating systems and APIs takes some serious technical talent - and our team has lots of it!
We are better together. Each one of us has a role in making iCrossing an energizing and inspiring place to work.
Our Mission & Values
The iCrossing mission is to Transform Experiences. The "we" is implied, but never taken for granted. This mission impacts the way we work, the way we think, the way we treat one another, and the way we evolve into what we want to be. We operate as a community of humans, and we can adapt and evolve because we are guided by values not rules. Our core values map back to our vision.
Be Kind: lead with compassion. What you truly know about someone's life is very little.
Lead with Candor: know the line. Is what you say true, good, and useful?
We Before Me: lead for others. The sum is always going to be greater than the parts.
We evolve clients for a human-centric future - creating a better world for everyone.
Our Mission & Values
The iCrossing mission is to Transform Experiences. The "we" is implied, but never taken for granted. This mission impacts the way we work, the way we think, the way we treat one another, and the way we evolve into what we want to be. We operate as a community of humans, and we can adapt and evolve because we are guided by values not rules. Our core values map back to our vision.
Be Kind: lead with compassion. What you truly know about someone's life is very little.
Lead with Candor: know the line. Is what you say true, good, and useful?
We Before Me: lead for others. The sum is always going to be greater than the parts.
We evolve clients for a human-centric future - creating a better world for everyone.
Benefits
iCrossing offers a range of employee benefits including generous PTO, 11 paid holidays, 401k + company match, full medical/dental/vision coverage, FSA & HSA options, family leave, commuter benefits, and more.
Chicago, IL
Hearst is one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies. Hearst has been innovating for more than a century, leading with purpose, integrity and a culture of care, with a mission to inform audiences and improve lives. The company’s diverse portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; digital services businesses; and more than 200 magazines around the world. Hearst is always moving forward, investing in healthcare solutions to improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions; providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming. With a commitment to maintaining the highest quality in its products and services, Hearst is dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.