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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - News Engineering Team

Employer
The Washington Post
Location
Washington, DC
Closing date
Mar 28, 2021

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Job Description

The Washington Post is looking for empathetic full-stack engineers who would like to work closely with our newsroom, our product team and other engineering teams to build the next generation of newsroom data pipelines and support visual storytelling at the Post. Our ideal candidates are creative problem-solvers who are comfortable evaluating our processes and recommending changes. This position is remote-friendly for work in the US.

​**This position could be 100% remote in the US for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
  • Contribute substantially to technical architecture and code.
  • Contribute to the overall success of technical projects in our Agile process.
  • Evaluate solutions using product and design thinking.
  • Communicate workload both up and down the organization to ensure healthy development practices.
  • Evaluate and recommend ways to balance our storytelling needs with our focus on performance and reusability.
  • Participate in recruiting and hiring and then contribute feedback to our overall hiring process.
  • Participate in mentorship and growth of junior engineers.
Qualifications
  • More than 3 years of software development experience, with 5 years or more preferred.
  • Experience building and maintaining software applications in a team setting.
  • Proficiency across the languages and frameworks in our stack, including Node/React, Python/R and idiomatic AWS.
  • Experience and comfort with microservice architecture, including interacting with services their team does not own.
  • Would like to build tools for making sense of large data sets on newsroom deadlines while maintaining engineering rigor.
  • Predisposition towards testing, instrumentation and writing documentation.
  • Desire to work at a deeper level of abstraction than a single story or beat.


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
 

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1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US

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