Full Stack Software Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Posted
- Sep 13, 2021
- Closes
- Oct 02, 2021
- Ref
- JR-90272631
- Function
- IT, Software Developer
- Industry
- Engineering
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description
The Washington Post is hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer for our internally developed Circulation Management system. Circulation Management supports the full lifecycle of our print subscription business - managing customers, financial transactions, delivery logistics and integration with a variety of internal and customer facing applications. We are looking for a self-motivated engineer with a strong desire to learn and utilize technology to solve complex business challenges. In this role, your contributions will directly support our most valuable customer bases - print subscribers.
Responsibilities
What we're looking for
It's okay to not meet 100% of these requirements! We're primarily looking for people who meet some of these requirements and are motivated to learn and expand their skill.
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 hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer for our internally developed Circulation Management system. Circulation Management supports the full lifecycle of our print subscription business - managing customers, financial transactions, delivery logistics and integration with a variety of internal and customer facing applications. We are looking for a self-motivated engineer with a strong desire to learn and utilize technology to solve complex business challenges. In this role, your contributions will directly support our most valuable customer bases - print subscribers.
Responsibilities
- Build dynamic new features across both the front-end and the back-end of the application.
- Refactor and improve the stability of the current application codebase.
- Analyze and optimize large data sets and queries to support business processes and reporting needs
- Support and make improvements upon the application's cloud-based infrastructure.
- Work directly with technical managers and stakeholders from Accounting, Marketing, Customer Service and Circulation staff to translate business requirements into robust features and technical tasks.
- Serve in an on-call capacity.
What we're looking for
It's okay to not meet 100% of these requirements! We're primarily looking for people who meet some of these requirements and are motivated to learn and expand their skill.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, equivalent field, or equivalent experience.
- 1-2 years + experience working as a software engineer
- Strong understanding of client-side scripting and Javascript frameworks such as React and Angular
- Proficiency in at least one server side programming language; Node, Java, C#, Ruby, Go or Python.
- Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills for technical and business audiences
- Knowledge of DevOps technologies such as Docker and Jenkins.
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as S3, ECS, EC2, and CloudWatch.
- Comfortable working with relational databases such as MySQL.
- Practical working experience within logistics/supply chain management, finance or billing is desired but not required
- Experience in agile software development teams and working iteratively with designers, product managers, and stakeholders.
- Familiarity with techniques to analyze application and cloud environment performance.
- Eagerness to explore and learn new programming languages, tools and applications.
- Exposure to using Splunk as a debug tool 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