Buddy Media, Inc. is a New York City-based start-up founded by serial entrepreneurs Michael and Kass Lazerow (Student Advantage/U-Wire, GOLF.com). Investors include some of the leading entrepreneurs in the internet space: PayPal founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, Zynga founder Mark Pincus, WallStrip founder Howard Lindzon, CSTV and Classic Sports founder Brian Bedol, Stockpickr founder James Altucher, Monitor110 founder Roger Ehrenberg and Bay Partners.
Launched in September 2007, Buddy Media helps companies build, promote and monetize social media applications that engage and entertain users. Its clients are primarily major brands, ad agencies and large media companies that want to leverage the social networks. Buddy Media’s rapid application development platform lets brands launch their applications cost-effectively in a matter of weeks. Its growing network of applications ensures that users install the applications. And its AceBucks loyalty program ensures users engage with the applications and keep coming back again and again to earn AceBucks.
The company’s full-service approach to provide a one-stop-shop to develop and grow applications on any social network or distribution platform has attracted some of the world’s leading media companies and brand marketers. The company’s client list includes Priceline.com, Microsoft, Anheuser Busch (Sea World and Bud Light), People.com, InStyle.com, Real Simple, Fuser, Sherman’s Travel, Campus Tech, FedEx, Readers Digest, Huffington Post, Time Inc. and many others.
Position Overview
We are seeking a high quality and experienced candidate whose primary responsibility will be to design and plan high traffic Internet applications from end-to-end using a scalable service-oriented architecture. The candidate will also participate in the implementation of these applications.
The design specifications will include technical specification artifacts, such as requirements analysis documents, UML and ERD diagrams and use-case/scenario specifications. The applications will be built by a combination of in-house, consulting, on-shore and off-shore resources. The implementation will be coordinated by the Application Architect.
The candidate must have a deep knowledge of web-based systems and object-oriented design. The ability to design good software and visualize the “big picture” are essential to success in this position. This position reports to the Vice President of Technical Engineering.