Application Engineer

ABOUT YINZCAM

YinzCam is a tech leader in sports, developing mobile apps, Connected TV apps, and analytics solutions for sports teams, leagues, events, and venues worldwide. With over 180 professional sports clients and more than 100 million app installs globally, we are dedicated to developing technology to connect fans with the live events they love, year-round, 24/7. Our IPTV product has elevated venues like Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and Allegiant Stadium.

Our digital products are used by 200+ professional sports teams and leagues around the world, including clubs and stadiums in the NFL, NBA, MLS, NHL, Liga MX, English Premier League, AFL (Australia), and more. Read more about our story and clients at 

NOTES:

• This is an in-office role in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. This is not a remote/hybrid role.
• This is a technical role requiring hands-on programming expertise in Java, SQL, and Python. An undergraduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering with significant programming experience is a must.

As an Application Engineer, you will need to learn the company's products, mobile applications, web applications, Content Management System (CMS), and backend infrastructure quickly, and then use your engineering skills to deploy, configure, support, and troubleshoot our products and the backend infrastructure underneath it.

You will act as the technical bridge between clients and the engineering/product teams, as a part of our platform/product operations team. You will be interfacing externally with our clients (professional sports clubs and stadiums) on a daily basis, to understand their product requirements, to deploy backend-heavy features and products, and to troubleshoot systems issues in the wild, especially during the pressure cooker of game-days and match-days for sports teams. You will be interfacing internally with engineers and designers to support and deliver new features, and to also understand the internals of their code.

THE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 3+ years of expert-level programming and debugging experience with Java and C# (a must)
• 3+ years of expert-level experience in writing complex SQL queries and using relational databases (a must)
• 3+ years of expert-level experience in building RESTful APIs using both XML and JSON data formats (a must)
• 3+ years of industry experience with writing and debugging complex, production Java code
• 3+ years of experience in working with AWS and AWS-related technologies, e.g., DynamoDB, Redshift
• 3+ years of experience with database fundamentals including working with relational data, semi-structured data, unstructured data, and database schemas
• Track record of troubleshooting problems in complicated, large-scale, distributed systems, using Charles Proxy, ProxyMan, or other similar tools
• Deep knowledge of distributed-systems algorithms, in the areas of concurrency, scalability, consistency, partitioning, caching, reliability, synchronization, serialization, multi-threading, DHTs, etc.
• Strong networking fundamentals, including knowledge of common network protocols and wire formats (e.g. HTTP) and debugging of network-level issues (e.g. packet captures, proxying)
• Proficiency in asynchronous programming and multithreaded programming.
• Willingness and ability to explore uncharted territory on your own.
• Willingness and ability to work the non-traditional hours of the sports industry.

THE PERKS

• Paid time off every year
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Full medical, dental and vision health insurance
• Paid gym membership in LA Fitness
• Paid Coursera plan to take 10,000+ courses around the world
• Beverages and snacks
• Paid parking near the office
• Relocation assistance
• Building products for well-known sports teams