Senior Front End Software Engineer
- Employer
- The Washington Post
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Closing date
- Oct 21, 2021
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- Industry
- Engineering
- Function
- Software Developer, IT
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to join our Homepage team. This team works closely with engineering, product, and design to build and iterate on experimental concepts for our Homepage, launch A/B tests to better understand our users, and transform protypes into production-ready code. This is a 6-month contract to hire position.
You'll be responsible for participating in each step of the development lifecycle from development and code review to automated testing and deployments.
As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will perform technical analysis, design, develop, and enhance applications based on user requirements in a variety of technical environments. You should demonstrate expertise in a broad range of related technologies, be able to provide guidance to other team members, and participate in setting Engineering's development standards and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Gather business and technical requirements by working closely with stakeholders and others within Engineering.
- Evaluate, assess, design and develop high-level solutions to meet requirements by gaining in-depth knowledge of the supported business areas, understanding and analyzing current system functionality and following established development methodologies and standards.
- Work with design to implement prototypes.
- Work with product to implement an A/B testing strategy
- Research available technologies outside of the company and recommend appropriate design solutions.
- Perform impact assessment on all system/application changes as needed; ensure clear understanding of implications of technical choices made and follow appropriate change management and control procedures.
- Maintain documentation of production problems and their solutions.
- Successfully carry out assignments that are technically very large or complex or have extensive or complex business implications.
- Plan, develop and conduct unit testing; assist in planning and conducting other testing (e.g., integration, system, etc.).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred; focus in computer science, engineering, or related technical field preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant technical professional experience required including 2 or more years in a software development role.
- Proficient in React and JavaScript.
- Desired skills: React hooks; familiarity with performance tools like lighthouse; Node; NextJS
- Ability to develop solutions by applying relevant technologies and ensuring maintainability, extensibility and code reuse.
- Knowledge of testing and quality assurance practices including unit testing, integration testing and code documentation (Jest, Enzyme, Cypress).
- Excellent verbal/written communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to deliver quality solutions within established timelines.
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
- Website
- https://careers.washingtonpost.com/
- Location
-
1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US
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