DISH Hiring for Software Engineer I at Cheyenne, WY Full Time

Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.

We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.

Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

We are seeking an onsite Software Engineer for our Cheyenne, WY office. We do offer re-location assistance to Cheyenne.

Our team works closely with engineering and technical broadcast teams to learn their business, and with that knowledge, we create or enhance software systems that empower those teams. The software we provide is focused on the real-time monitoring of over 6000 TV channels and the systems involved in producing and delivering a DVB television service. As a member of our agile software team, you will participate in the design, creation, and support of these systems.

Examples of our systems include:

• The validation of 600 MPEG transport streams, including bit rate, CC errors, and other content issues
• The monitoring of the RF satellite transports both CONUS and market based
• The acquisition of our broadcast TV channels for over 200 markets and its transport to our monitoring centers
• The tracking of outages and issues that occur on our broadcast channels
• The automated processing of media to prepare it for broadcast

Skills, Experience and Requirements:

Education: Bachelors or Masters degree, preferably in computer science, computer engineering or other technical (STEM) field, or equivalent amount of education and experience

• Experience building scalable software in a distributed, service oriented architecture
• The ability and discipline to write clean and highly performant code
• The ability to participate in design discussions
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to take on difficult engineering challenges
• The ability to work with minimal direction and complete tasks in a timely manner
• The ability to keep abreast of technologies and paradigms and recognize when they can benefit the business and the software team
• The ability to learn and work with various programming languages and platforms as needed
• Understanding of distributed software systems, asynchronous messaging, and RESTful Web Services
• Working knowledge of digital broadcasting technologies like DVB, MPEG2 or MPEG4
• Familiarity with the agile software development methodology

Benefits:

Salary Range: USD $75000.00 – $87375.00 / Year