Junior Web Developer | Web Scraping  

Media Meter is a technology company that tracks mentions across thousands of media channels including newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, blogs, and social media. For us, it’s all about helping organizations understand what is happening in their world so that they can build more effective communications strategies. We do this by revealing conversations about issues and brands in the media, extracting insights from these conversations so that organizations can build strategies around them.

Is the role right for you?

As a Web Developer, you will be part of the data collection team that updates and verifies website data into the system database. You will review data deficiencies, correct errors, and check output compatibility with our database. On a daily basis, you will generate reports and store completed work into assigned locations. Responsibilities include…

• Mapping a large number of websites on a daily basis using the following methods: DOM analysis, text analysis, metadata analysis
• Document website analysis processes and metrics in order to help programmers iterate data scraping algorithms
• Maintain tracking documents in Excel/Google Sheets and provide daily and weekly status reports on projects, directives, and day-to-day assignments.
• Create and present quantitative reports detailing progress in terms of website and social media mapping

What kinds of opportunities are on offer?

We believe that the power to learn new things is the one of the most important skills anyone can ever have. Given enough persistence and grit, as a part of our data collection team, you will

• You will become extremely knowledgeable in DOM analysis, become good at coding HTML and CSS, and gain experience in front-end development using Javascript
• Become proficient in programming languages such as Python
• Gain an understanding of how to design big data delivery platforms

How about the package?

This is an entry level position. Our basic salary band for this position is from P20,000 to P25,000 a month. This is a full-time position. Upon regularization, benefits include:

• Mobile allowance
• Transportation allowance
• Intellicare HMO membership

Are you right for the role?

We’re looking for people who have an obsessive passion for learning. We don’t care if you are young or old, or even if you have a degree. But we care that you are a passionate programmer with a gnawing hunger for learning new things. As a big data company, we live to hoard information and we expect our people to have the same drive when it comes to learning. For this particular role, if you can offer the stuff (below), you might want to apply.

• Demonstrable experience in coding using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript
• Able to use Git version control
• A solid understanding of web application development processes, from the layout/user interface to relational database structures
• The ability to communicate directly with peers, managers, and clients while leading development to a completed and successful solution