Full-Time

Senior Front-End Engineer

Identity

Posted on 11/21/2024

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

1,001-5,000 employees

Compensation Overview

$119.7k - $199.3kAnnually

+ Bonus + Incentive Program

Senior

Washington, DC, USA

Role requires limited on-call hours.

Category
Frontend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Datadog
Tomcat
Python
React.js
MySQL
JUnit
Postgres
Docker
TypeScript
AWS
Jenkins
Redis
Nginx
MongoDB
Splunk
Oracle
Requirements
  • BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3+ years experience with full-stack development with React, Node, or Python is required.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript for building robust and maintainable web application.
  • Exposure to back-end technologies such as Java EE, Spring Boot, and JUnit is a plus.
  • Experience writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure code quality; experience with Playwright is a plus.
  • Exposure to engineering tools such as DataDog, Splunk, and Catchpoint.
  • Practical experience with Application servers (Wildfly, Tomcat) and Web servers (httpd, Nginx).
  • Working knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, Postgres and NoSQL databases such as Redis, DynamoDB, MongoDB.
  • Experience with DevOps technologies such as Docker and Jenkins.
  • Hands on experiencing developing, deploying and maintaining systems using AWS services such as ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, capable of handling moderately complex challenges.
  • Knowledge of best practices in software development, including testing, deployment, and code reviews.
  • Ability to work independently with general supervision, setting day-to-day priorities.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating with internal teams and providing technical input.
  • Ability to ensure cross-browser functionality and troubleshoot browser-specific issues.
  • Experience in performance optimization debugging to improve load times, core web vitals, and user experience.
Responsibilities
  • Participate in all stages of software development - from brainstorming and prototyping to designing, implementing, testing and support.
  • Develop web applications primarily using React and Node, ensuring they are scalable, performant, secure, and user-friendly.
  • Architect, build and deploy applications on AWS.
  • Write detailed specifications when appropriate.
  • Use your experience to help guide technical decisions and participate in technical architecture discussion.
  • Work independently on moderately complex projects, setting day-to-day objectives and prioritizing tasks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Design, News and Business) to develop comprehensive solutions for user experiences and their data.
  • This role requires limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined a couple of months after you join, considering team size and other variables.

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

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Founded

1877

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