Development Team Lead Audio Video Platform

Description:

The AVP team is responsible for building, maintaining and supporting the workflows that ingest, process and publish live and on-demand streams that are delivered to our audience through CBC’s digital streaming products such as CBC Gem, CBC Listen, CBC News and Sports. You will lead the development of our video CMS and backend media service.

You will support the development team by contributing to the code, providing guidance on technical approaches of features and ensuring work delivered meets requirements and adheres to coding best practices.

Every day, millions of Canadians use cbc.ca to find out what is happening in our country. From news to sports to the arts to Indigenous to Being Black in Canada to kids and more, CBC.ca is a portal into Canadian life with the mission to serve all Canadians.

We welcome people who are strong collaborators and feel they can contribute in non-traditional

ways. If you're passionate about Canada and you love technology, learning and bringing out the

best in others, you’ll love working in the Audio Video Platform team at the CBC.

How you will make an impact:

You are an experienced technical leader looking to apply and build upon your skills in:

• Leading the design, development and maintenance of the media services tools that deliver live and on-demand streams to our audience through CBC’s digital streaming products

• Lead a team of 5-6 direct reports (developers) to deliver high quality applications consistently

• Working hands on with developers and QA to ensure implementations/approaches are cohesive and aligns with the system design and technical requirements set by the Technical Architect

• Promoting software development best practices: Reviewing PRs (pull requests), encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration, helping the team maintain testable, maintainable, performant and quality code

• Coaching developers and supporting development activities like coding, testing, release management with QA, debugging and bug fix

• Collaborating with Product Manager, UX/UI Leads and Architect to assess feasibility of proposed changes/features and helping to break down, clarify, prioritize and estimate work to deliver value in each sprint/product increment

• Open communication and dialogue with team members on an ongoing basis, being supportive and receptive to feedback and questions

• Understanding the importance of accessibility and knowing what it takes to meet the needs and inclusivity of all users

• Having an opportunity to join a company with a mission, value set, and tech-forward approach that aligns with your own; a place where knowledge-sharing guides your learning

• Wanting to be part of a fun team, engaged in a continuous learning culture, where you can take on new challenges and be a significant contributor to engaging our pan Canadian audience

What you bring to our team:

• Two or more years of experience in a leadership role managing and leading a team of developers

• Three or more years of experience in a senior development role. Demonstrated ability to provide technical and team leadership for other developers

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal relationships building

• Experience with mentoring and coaching developers. Drawing from their strengths and helping them with areas of improvements through timely feedback

• Experienced in coding standards, quality engineering management, source code management, CI/CD pipeline (eg Jenkins), release management

• Possess a degree (BA, BSc) or diploma in a Software Development, Computer Science or Engineering related discipline, delivered by a recognized learning institution

• Knowledge in software development lifecycle and Agile best practices

• You are proficient in one or more programming languages such as Javascript, TypeScript, Java, Python and UI development libraries such as React

• Experience with the design and implementation of APIs

• Experience with relational and non-relational databases

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and improvements. Ability to learn and share knowledge on new technologies to build subject matter expertise within the team

• A problem solver and good communicator who takes ownership of the work they do, see problems as opportunities, and share new ideas. A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others

Nice to have:

• Understanding of quality engineering practices

• Understanding of audience impact for a media and broadcasting company and developing best in class UX experiences

• Knowledge of media domain (eg. ingestion workflows and streaming protocols) is a plus

• Have ability to lead and connect with people inside and outside of the team (eg. other product teams, stakeholders as necessary)