[Fulltime] - Software Engineer at Starcom MediaVest Group

Location: Chicago, IL

Company InformationStarcom is the full-service global media planning division of SMG, specializing in creating Connections that Captivate by integrating media management, response media, internet and digital communications, as well as multicultural, entertainment, sports sponsorship and event marketing. For more information on Starcom, visit www.starcomworldwide.com.Position Summary Starcom has an opportunity for a Software Engineer. The Software Engineer is part of our Research and Analytics group. Specific Responsibilities

* Build applications to help plan and measure marketing activity * Abstract problems and architect and implement their solutions * Write stored procedures and design initial schema * Make use of the most appropriate technologies to solve challenging problems * Interface with internal clients

Required Skills, Experience and Education

* Must be comfortable making use of the most appropriate from among a variety of technologies (such as writing shell scripts/batch jobs, building custom command-line executables, ETL jobs, database stored procedures) in order to solve challenging problems requiring a high degree of dynamic functionality * Must have a strong command of computer science and software engineering principles to be able to effectively abstract problems, architect their solutions, and implement them. Full story...