Associate Director, Software Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Starcom is the Human Experience Company. A world-renowned media communications agency, we believe the alchemy of people and technology creates experiences people love, and actions brands need. With more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Starcom partners with the world's leading marketers and new establishment brands, including Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Kellogg Company, Kraft Heinz, Samsung, Visa and more. Starcom is part of Publicis Media, one of four solution hubs within Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC40], and has offices within Publicis One.

Job Description

You will be responsible for setting up, configuring and running a JIRA instance in AWS. You will also develop custom workflows, workflow extensions, and other add-ons as needed.

This position will work closely with the Platform Architect & Engineer, as well as Strategy, Analytics, Media Buying, Media Planning, Investment, TAAG (Technology And Activation Group) and Information Technology, and will need to be able to communicate effectively with a variety of technical and non-technical resources.  The role requires both strategic and technical skill sets, intellectual curiosity, proficiency at problem-solving.

Responsibilities:

  • Engineer platform integrations and automation solutions to
    • Increase campaign delivery accuracies
    • Use less time to execute various campaign tasks
    • Use one consolidated User Interface
  • Setup, configure, upgrade, and monitor JIRA and Confluence instances in AWS
  • Manage add-ons, workflows, and workflow extensions for JIRA and Confluence

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 4 years of application development
  • Knowledge of the HTTP protocol and web services usage (RPC, REST, SOAP); including JIRA REST API.
  • Fluent in Java, JavaScript (TypeScript) and either PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • Work with Jira REST API and how to consume API of other tools for integration and data flow
  • Must have the ability to develop & enhance JIRA workflows, permission schemes, notification schemes, customized screens schemes, etc.
  • Experience in configuring workflows and custom fields
  • Problem-solver, with the ability to move quickly between tasks, and think clearly under pressure
  • Self-starter with ability to work independently

Additional Information

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