Fantasy Sports Engineer Programmer/Developer

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Fantasy Sports Engineer - Programmer
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Star Fantasy Leagues (SFL) - ****- is the newest, cutting edge innovator in the Fantasy Sports space. SFL’s goal is to offer the most comprehensive and user-friendly fantasy sports experience on the internet. SFL provides its members with the ultimate fantasy sports experience by offering a variety of unique contests across several professional sports – Football, Basketball, Hockey (2013) and Baseball (2013) and provides a unique experience including Daily Salary Cap Contests and Season-Long Contests.
Star Fantasy Leagues is the brain-child of Justin and Zachary Stanley, two brothers that have been playing fantasy sports online since the blueprints for today's fantasy sports world began popping up on the internet.
SFL rolled out its NFL and NBA leagues and will continually expand and develop its site and mobile apps while utilizing marketing strategies focused on affiliate and referral programs to maximize traffic to and conversion on the site. The Star Fantasy Leagues team lives in the reality of a fast-paced, fun, and entrepreneurial environment where we use leading edge technology to bring the most compelling enjoyable fantasy sports experiences to life. We are headquartered in Rochester, NY.
YOU
You have a keen understanding of the developer ecosystem, strong technical skills, and a proven ability to work well in a highly dynamic cross functional environment.
You have a passion for taking innovative ideas and turning them into reality.
You thrive in a fun, fast paced, high growth environment.
You’re a natural leader with fantastic organizational acumen, excellent strategic communication skills combined with a very strong technical background and problem solving abilities.
For you, being ambitious and driven is an understatement.
And... it’s a plus if you happen to be into fantasy sports!
WHAT YOU’LL DO
We have an immediate opening in Rochester, NY for a full-time programmer to help build out the next generation of the SFL site. This is a development role that combines web development and strategic planning for a very sophisticated fantasy sports site utilizing multiple real-time data feeds over multiple game types and timelines. Some specific responsibilities include:
Apply programming / development skills for rapid prototyping and feasibility discovery of new solutions and technologies for the SFL site
Partner with owners and outside consultants to develop efficient tools to support our site including mobile apps and a mobile site
Work cross-functionally to drive new initiatives
Develop deep technical proficiency with the Facebook Platform, affiliate networks and thought leadership in the Social Technology/Fantasy Gaming industry
Think quickly under pressure, as well as motivate and engage the team to produce the best possible results
Play Fantasy Sports
WHAT YOU NEED
The Fantasy Sports Engineer will be a technically proficient engineering/programming professional with solid technology and organizational skills.
BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree/experience, Masters is a plus
Solid software development skills with experience building software developed in (at least 2-3)
C# / ASP.NET MVC3 Razor C#, ASP.NET Web Forms C#
Python, PHP, C/C , ASP.NET, Ruby, or Java
Deep understanding of the Web technology stack (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS) JQuery, JSON
Experience with WCF REST/SOAP Web Services C#, Visual Studio 2008/2010, and IIS 6/7
Excellent communication skills, including experience speaking to a technical and business audiences / internal and external clients
Entrepreneurial personality who can inspire co-workers and set and communicate goals
Passionate about technology and interested in new technology
The current SFL site is developed using Microsoft’s .NET development tools. Additional experience in the following areas is a plus:
DotNetNuke 5.0 or later
Test Automation
Telerik ASP.NET AJAX/MVC, KendoUI, JQueryUI
Native Mobile iOS/Android
SQL Server 2005/2008, Entity Framework, LLBLGen, LINQ, SSIS
JIRA
WHAT WE PROVIDE
We provide a competitive salary and benefits package in line with experience, talent, and drive.
We also approach our business as a collaborative entrepreneurial endeavor where brilliant, forward thinking people create synergies that result in mutual professional and personal benefits including promoting each others interests and development objectives, earning performance bonuses and profit sharing not to mention being part of a creative enjoyable work environment.
Come join our office and be a part of building something new and exciting!
Visit us: ****Seth Young
Star Fantasy Leagues
Rochester, NY 14618

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