Senior Front-End Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Posted
- Jan 19, 2021
- Closes
- Feb 03, 2021
- Ref
- JR-90271787
- Function
- Engineer, IT, QA Engineer
- Industry
- Engineering
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to join our Live News + Article Team. If you love building performant and accessible applications at scale using component systems, this is a job for you! You should have expertise in a broad range of related technologies and participate in setting Engineering's development standards and best practices. You should also demonstrate a high level of expertise in all facets of web application development and will often be involved in complex assignments.
Responsibilities:
Requirements
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
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to join our Live News + Article Team. If you love building performant and accessible applications at scale using component systems, this is a job for you! You should have expertise in a broad range of related technologies and participate in setting Engineering's development standards and best practices. You should also demonstrate a high level of expertise in all facets of web application development and will often be involved in complex assignments.
Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in defining, solution designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting of various front-end web applications.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices and coding standards across variety of projects.
- Make recommendations to streamline and automate best practices through CI/CD pipelines.
- Identify and implement improvements for performance, accessibility, and scalability across a variety of codebases.
- Ensure application quality through the design and development of unit and end-to-end integration tests.
- Collaborate with design, product, analytics, advertising, and newsroom stakeholders to provide technical recommendations that meet/exceed engineering and business goals.
- Mentor other developers through code reviews and coaching/training concepts for in-depth front-end development and capturing of business requirements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of front-end development experience
- Extensive React experience is required
- Demonstrated strong background in performance, accessibility, and building and maintaining component systems
- Experience with Next.js is a plus
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