Working at SideReel

We're building the best online experience in the world of television and video. We're profitable. We believe in working smart rather than just hard, and are looking for Rails engineers to join our fun and talented team. Our servers handle about a million users a day, so if you're interested in pushing Rails to succeed at this level, drop us a line.

• Test driving our code in pairs
• Quick daily standups to guarantee good flow of communication
• Agile software development that's pragmatic, not dogmatic
• Everyone tests, builds, and ships. Step up and own a deployment - if it breaks, fix it. Waiting for the X person to come and fix the Y problem just isn't how we work.

• Shipped some Rails sites before - we love fast learners but are really looking for someone to hit the ground running
• We use jQuery and Javascript throughout our site, so if you're solid there it's a big plus
• Have a great attitude - we enjoy working together, and hope you would too

• Front-to-back Rails development
• Caching (via Memcache) & performance in Rails
• Rspec/BDD
• Cucumber/Integration testing
• Bonus points if you've shipped a high-traffic Rails site or published a Gem or Plugin

To apply, please send an email to jobs@sidereel.com with your resume and a brief note about yourself in response to this post. Links to your Github profile, programming blog, or other public code are not required but we'd love to see any you may have.

At Rovi, the Consumer Web team is building the best online experience in the world of television, music, movies and other video. We’re looking for a junior Rails engineer to join our fun and talented organization. Our servers handle well over one million users a day and our developers deal with big data and cool problems.

• Design and develop the features and all software related to the SideReel.com, Allmusic.com, Allmovie.com, and Divx.com websites.
• Design and develop RESTful services for internal use.
• Design and develop important data management and analysis tools that control the ingestion and processing of entertainment content, links, and metadata.
• Work with Ruby (1.8.7 and 1.9.2), Rails (2 and 3), MySQL, Redis, Memcache, Varnish, Passenger, JQuery, MongoDB, and other associated technologies.
• Test drive our code, work in pairs, and practice a pragmatic agility.

• Be ready to learn. We work in a fast-paced environment.
• Be a full stack engineer — you should be comfortable developing features using Javascript, Ruby, Rails, and the databases.
• Understand the motivations behind TDD/BDD and have fluency developing tests and writing code in this fashion.
• Have a great attitude - we enjoy working together, and hope you will too!

• Experience with the web and caching.
• A track record of working with Agile (especially Extreme Programming) teams.
• Experience with integration testing and the quirks of Cucumber/Capybara/Selenium.

To apply, please send an email to jobs@sidereel.com with your resume and a brief note about yourself in response to this post. Links to your Github profile, programming blog, or other public code are not required but we'd love to see any you may have.

SideReel helps users find, track and watch shows online. With over 10 million monthly unique visitors and 2.5 million registered users, SideReel's library includes something for everyone: popular network and cable TV shows, movies, and hundreds of Web TV series too. If it's online, it's on SideReel. SideReel creates and distributes recaps, recommendations, news, reviews and gossip for popular TV shows at reeltv.sidereel.com. SideReel also curates the best of Web TV at sidereel.com/_webtv. SideReel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI). For more information please visit http://www.rovicorp.com.

• Research
  • Regularly conduct user and product research
  • Feed outcome of research into themes, ensuring that the right themes are prioritized
• Collaborate with team to develop, maintain, and communicate SideReel’s 1-3 and 3-6 month visions
• Ensure that deliverables and artifacts for themes and stories (low-fi wireframes, high-fi comps, sketches, flowcharts, etc) are delivered in-time, at the right fidelity for the project, and are clearly understood.
• Work with other designers to establish a work queue and ensure that projects are accomplished briskly.
• Develop, maintain, and broadcast visual design and interaction design standards for SideReel and other properties as needed.
• Work with several aggressively agile teams to ensure well communicated and executable stories and themes.

• Extensive experience in consumer web applications
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously while providing transparency as to process
• Have worked with aggressively agile teams in a rapid delivery, fast iteration environment
• Experience conducting lightweight user research regularly and often
• Comfortable working in a collaborative and consensus-based organization

To apply, please send an email to jobs@sidereel.com with your resume and a brief note about yourself in response to this post.

At Rovi, we offer an entrepreneurial environment where technology professionals thrive and where individual contributions and teamwork both really count. We are driven by innovation and our passion to deliver the right digital home entertainment technology solutions for our customers. Our employees create and help shape some of the most cutting-edge technologies every day. Rovi's ad-supported Consumer Web properties include SideReel.com, DivX.com, AllMusic.com, and AllMovie.com. Our passion is using technology to connect fans to their favorite entertainment.

The Online Marketing Specialist is responsible for managing all aspects of paid search campaigns (PPC, pay per click) and display advertisements, from strategy development, implementation and optimization to reporting and analysis. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can manage all detailed aspects of day-to-day campaign activities. The candidate should have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in online marketing.

• Create and manage online customer acquisition initiatives via SEO, SEM, display advertising, landing page optimization, and other tactics.
• Monitor online campaigns regularly and make recommendations to improve performance (pageviews, traffic and ROI) and increase conversions
• Create, update and analyze ROI reports for websites in system.
• Research and strategize campaigns.
• Write detailed campaign proposals.
• Analyze and report on campaign results.
• Provide wire framing and work with external and internal creative resources to develop creative for all campaigns, as well as effective designs for all post-click landing experiences.

• BA or BS from an accredited college or university.
• Strong understanding and application of paid search, search engine marketing (SEM), and display advertising practices including: keyword analysis, pay per-click campaigns (PPC), etc.
• 3 years of working experience in paid search keyword research, campaign construction, daily optimization, test plan construction, and in-depth analysis.
• Experienced in creating and presenting campaign reports including ROI, conversion rates, etc.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications especially in Microsoft Excel, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, and other Internet marketing and research tools.

• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to handle multiple ongoing tasks with changing priorities.

To apply, please send an email to jobs@sidereel.com with your resume and a brief note about yourself in response to this post.