Thursday, October 4, 2007

Lead Database Engineer

Background and Summary:
Veoh Networks is a new, innovative Internet television broadcasting system that is able to reach hundreds of millions of broadband-connected viewers throughout the world. Veoh allows content producers from major entertainment studios and television networks to independent video producers and enthusiasts to deliver high-quality, full-screen video directly to consumers without financial, geographical or capacity restrictions found in traditional broadcasting systems. This democratization of video distribution fundamentally changes the dynamics of television, creating unprecedented choice for consumers and a compelling marketplace for content providers and advertisers. Veoh is privately held and backed by leading technology and media investors, including Spark Capital, Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, Time Warner Inc. and Shelter Capital Partners. Veoh Networks is based in San Diego, California. Veoh Networks is based in San Diego, California with an additional development center in St. Petersburg Russia.

Veoh.com is in the top 100 websites worldwide and in the top 30 sites in the United States.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with DBA to implement web based reporting front-end.
  • Drive implementation of infrastructure services to support logging, ETL and reporting.
  • Work with business analysts to devise reports which will drive a variety of business decisions.
  • Work with engineering team on event logging functionality and infrastructure to support reporting needs.
  • Work with product development team on data driven features.
  • Lead and drive improvements to our data systems.

Qualifications:
  • 5+ years experience developing code to interface with high volume MySQL or Oracle databases
  • Professional experience developing web applications with ASP.NET, JSP/Java, Python or Perl.
  • Creative problem solver with excellent trouble-shooting skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to write clear, concise, robust, maintainable code on a tight schedule
  • SQL language proficiency
  • Understanding of SQL query plans and ability to optimize SQL queries
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent documentation skills
  • Familiarity with open source or commercial database reporting software a plus
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