Description
Web Developer III
ESPN.com is looking for a web developer to join the team that creates one of the world’s greatest online sports destinations. Our developers conceive, develop, and deploy industry-leading web products and applications -- technology drives many of the most successful, popular, and highest-profile features on ESPN.com, including ESPN3, ESPN Fan Profiles, Fantasy Football League Manager, SportsNation, RealTime Scores, GameCast, Mobile Web, and countless others. This is your chance to play a leading role in the creation of industry-leading robust web applications that are used by millions of sports fans across the globe, every single day.
ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is the leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities. Headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut, ESPN is 80% owned by ABC, Inc. (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company), and 20% by the Hearst Corporation.
ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen and launched on September 7, 1979. Now with over 6,500 employees, each year ESPN televises more than 5,100 live and/or original hours of sports programming. The company’s mission is to serve sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere.
Responsibilities
• Assists the site development technology staff with the development and maintenance of ESPN.com, from the ESPN.com front page to player cards, team clubhouses, stats, standings, and league pages, chats, and stories.
• Creates and supports engaging internet destinations for ESPN television networks and shows, such as SportsCenter, SportsNation, ESPNU, and E:60.
• Participates in the creation of efficient, reusable, and scalable templates -- using front-end web technologies such as Tea, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, Flash, etc – that are used for dynamic web publishing and the display of dynamic, automated database content.
• Provides general technical support and troubleshooting.
• Collaborates and coordinates projects between software engineering, design, editorial, and sales groups.
• Develops interfaces to content management systems.
• Is responsible for the development and enhancement of editorial and web publishing tools.
• Assists in the technical analysis and evaluation of new technologies, products, and product enhancements.
• Identifies areas for site improvement, adding features and functionalities where appropriate to augment the fan experience.
• Mentors fellow producers in the technical development of features for the website.
• Leads the development of assigned projects and tasks.