Senior Front End Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Closing date
- Feb 18, 2023
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- Industry
- Engineering
- Function
- Engineer, QA Engineer, IT
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to join its Article team. This team of engineers works closely with product design to build new features that enhance our reading experience. As a Senior Front-End Engineer, you will participate in each step of the development lifecycle from development and code review to automated testing and deployments. You will learn and apply coding best practices as it relates to accessibility, performance and responsive development. A passion for continuous learning and problem-solving is a must. This role reports to the Engineering Lead.
Motivation
- You have an aptitude for self-learning and enjoy keeping up with the evolving technology landscape
- You want to build delightful experiences for readers and empower our newsroom through creative front-end solutions
- You are dedicated to quality and want to learn coding, testing, deploying, and monitoring
- You enjoy working with designers and product to define requirements and create reusable patterns
- You are interested in optimizing our search performance to deliver the news to the most readers possible
- You are energized by solving problems for low-vision or low-bandwidth readers through accessible and performant code
Responsibilities
- Understand current ecosystem by learning internal tools, workflow processes, API services, and rendering technologies.
- Deliver high-quality solutions to assignments that are technically large, complex or have extensive business implications
- Apply engineering best practices by following established development methodologies and standards, researching and proposing new best practices, and training teammates on new protocols
- Research available technologies outside of the company tech stack and recommend appropriate design solutions
- Improve your code and that of your teammates through constructive, collaborative code reviews
- Educate and empower team by contributing to documentation for new functionality, production problems and their solutions, and areas wherever you identify gaps
- Ensure quality of production code by developing automated tests (unit, integration, system), enforcing code coverage standards, CICD improvements, and interpreting and improving our monitoring infrastructure
- Provide timely and effective maintenance support and problem resolution for existing systems
Qualifications
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong modern JavaScript fundamentals (coding, debugging, testing, and automation techniques)
- Strong React, TypeScript and CSS fundamentals
- Experience managing software at scale with version control (gitflow, release management, CICD pipelines, etc)
- Ability to autonomously deliver quality solutions within established timelines
- A collaborative spirit and ability to build strong relationships within and beyond your team
- Excellent verbal/written communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Familiarity with automated testing tools like React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress. Experience with Node and NextJS. Experience implementing web performance, accessibility, and SE.
Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
- Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
- Backup care and caregiver concierge services
- Gender affirming services
- Pet insurance
- Free Post digital subscription
- Leadership and career development programs
Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.
The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.
The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?
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Company
Thank you for your interest in a career with The Washington Post. We invite you to review all of our open positions to find the one that's right for you. We look forward to receiving your resume!
Since it first began publication more than 130 years ago, The Washington Post has grown into one of the most storied and respected news organizations in the world. A subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, today's Post is the indispensable guide to Washington. In print, we enjoy the highest penetration of any major metropolitan newspaper in the United States. On the web, we have the third largest news website with 17 million unique visitors each month, and have recently launched a celebrated news app for the iPad. We serve Washington in all media, on any platform, including paid products, events, and tailored content.
More broadly, The Washington Post Company delivers quality products to today's students, readers and viewers. What unites our company is the immediacy of our products and services, created by teachers and tutors at Kaplan; reporters and editors at our media properties; and associates at Cable ONE.
Washington Post Media views its employees as its most valuable asset and provides a comprehensive benefits package to promote healthy and balanced lives at work and at home. We offer competitive salaries, opportunities for training and career advancement and an outstanding, progressive benefits package including:
Health and dental benefits
Flexible healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
401(k) and company-funded cash balance plan
Life and disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Adoption assistance
Domestic partner benefits
Employee assistance program
Employee referral program
- Website
- https://careers.washingtonpost.com/
- Location
-
1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US
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