Software Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Closing date
- Sep 12, 2023
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- Industry
- Engineering
- Function
- Software Developer, IT
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
Arc XP, a division of The Washington Post, is seeking a Software Engineer to join the backend engineering team responsible for Arc's content management system. Arc XP powers more than 1500 sites across 24 countries, reaching more than 1.5 billion unique users. In this role, you will develop extensible platforms that allow Arc clients to design world-class experiences for their customers. You will collaborate with other teams at Arc to achieve operational excellence, including performance, scalability, security, and cost goals. This role is located in CT or ET hours and reports to the engineering lead of the 6S team.
Motivational Fit:
- You're inspired to see what developers build on your platform.
- You welcome the challenge of working at scale and don't think it's real until it's shipped.
- You find satisfaction in getting to ground truth and using it to influence decisions.
- You value your colleagues' perspectives because you've seen collaboration spark epiphanies neither party would have come to alone.
Responsibilities:
- Implement technical solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements. Set a high bar for quality through automated testing, peer review, and observability technologies.
- Deliver value regularly by practicing Agile development. Support the development of a roadmap through refinement and estimation.
- Fulfill our SLAs (service-level agreements) by participating in an on-call rotation, supporting the team in resolving incidents, producing RCAs, and implementing best practices.
- Earn customer trust by upholding security best practices and participating in Arc's security processes.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 - 3 years of experience in software engineering.
- Proficiency with one or more server-side programming languages, such as JavaScript, Java, or common functional & object-oriented languages.
- Articulate and communicate design and development processes to technical and non-technical team members
- Commitment to iterative prototyping, development, and releasing.
- Experience analyzing applications, software diagrams, and code in a distributed systems environment
- Experience working with ambiguous problems and resolving them with collaborative engineering solutions.
- Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on infrastructure or service operations and quality.
- Preferred: Experience with asynchronous programming patterns.
- Preferred: Experience to trade-offs, and design patterns emerging in web-services based technologies.
- Preferred: Experience working with containers, orchestration tools, AWS, and asynchronous services within AWS.
- Preferred: Experience to NoSQL & SQL Database solutions, designs, and schema best practices.
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 program
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.
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
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1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US
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