COMPANY 

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania, and other offices around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their lives and get more out of their day through digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as radio, television, newspapers, and the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel and AccuWeather NOW streaming service. AccuWeather serves more than half of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of businesses globally. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites. Among AccuWeather’s many innovative and award-winning features available free to the public are MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy ™, the patented AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature, and AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes.

Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Dr. Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

SUMMARY 

AccuWeather has an exciting opportunity to join our growing team as a Software Developer.  This role will assist in the design, implementation, and enhancement of software that processes real-time weather content used within AccuWeather’s suite of innovative consumer and enterprise products. 

The successful candidate should be able to utilize knowledge and experience in relational databases, document-oriented databases, object-oriented and functional programming to build new components and data flows that enhance reliable processing of real-time weather data.  This position will also offer the opportunity to grow with the rest of the Data Ingestion team as they learn and develop professionally in such areas as cloud computing and functional programming.  The team primarily uses Scala, a language built atop the Java Virtual Machine that supports both object-orientation and functional techniques, and interfaces well with internal Java code that was previously developed.  Functional programming and cloud computing evolve quickly, and we are all learning continuously.

Within AccuWeather’s highly collaborative environment, this role will work with business leaders, product managers, other software developers, and IT operations professionals to develop and maintain core data processing software and assist in the integration of new capabilities into products.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Designs and writes software specifications based on consultations with supervisor, systems analysts, other developers, and end users
• Designs relational database table structures, stored procedures, and other database objects required to catalog and process foundational weather information into a relational database
• Coordinates with Enterprise Database Administrator to test and promote relational database updates into production environment
• Develops software that can easily be tested, deployed, updated, and monitored in a production environment
• Writes and maintains documentation of changes to software
• Provides technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions with software
• Revises software for corrections, enhancements, or system environment changes
• Trains end users or technical support staff to use and support software released into production
• Stays current on relevant technologies and is able to utilize new technology within projects as appropriate
• Assists in developing new workflow, QC, and/or documentation activities for the team

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Experience designing and implementing relational database tables and stored procedures
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server, including experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL document-oriented databases is a plus
• Experience with Java
• Experience with functional programming and/or Scala
• Experience with regular expressions, XML, JSON and RESTful web services
• Ability to work with and understand datasets that are in multiple human languages
• Ability to work in a high-paced work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team as well as individually on specific deliverables and tasks
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to explain complex workflow and processing information in both a technical and non-technical fashion
• Experience using Microsoft Azure

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available here. 

AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.