Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Posted
- Apr 06, 2023
- Closes
- Jun 15, 2023
- Ref
- JR-90274252
- Function
- IT, Software Developer
- Industry
- Engineering
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description
We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Washington Post's digital advertising and monetization platform team. As a member of the team, you will have an immediate impact on a critical revenue stream by helping to solve complex problems and delivering value through innovative engineering solutions. You should demonstrate a high level of expertise in all facets of web application development.
Motivations:
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
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?
#washpostlife
We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Washington Post's digital advertising and monetization platform team. As a member of the team, you will have an immediate impact on a critical revenue stream by helping to solve complex problems and delivering value through innovative engineering solutions. You should demonstrate a high level of expertise in all facets of web application development.
Motivations:
- You have an aptitude for self-learning and enjoy keeping up with the evolving technology landscape
- You love building tools and products that contribute to The Washington Post's core mission.
- You enjoy working in a collaborative environment with product managers and stakeholders
- You view the team's success as your own success and are motivated by helping others
Responsibilities:
- Participate in all stages of software development - from brainstorming and prototyping to implementation, testing and support
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices and coding standards across a variety of projects.
- Work directly with Product Managers, Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Analysts and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into highly performant applications
- Architect, build and deploy applications on AWS
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years experience building and delivering highly-performant, customer-facing applications
- Proficiency in modern JavaScript development principles
- Hands-on experience developing applications with React
- Experience with at least one server-side programming language such as Node or Python.
- Strong understanding of browsers and the HTTP protocol
- Desire to work in an agile environment with frequent releases
- Experience building applications on AWS products such as EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3
- Experience with DevOps technologies like Docker
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with digital advertising
- Experience with component driven development
- Familiarity with serverless architecture, tools and patterns
- Experience with Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB or DynamoDB
- Experience with TypeScript
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?
#washpostlife