Senior Software Engineer, 1

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Job Description

About the Position:

We're looking for a full time senior full stack developer with strong JavaScript experience to work with our publishing platform's special projects team, to help us build out the next generation of new applications that will drive content publishing and management at Dotdash Meredith.

This team works on a variety of projects, focusing mainly on delivering the editorial tooling needs of specific brand-lead business initiatives. You will also work on building reusable and extendable components intended for broader use across multiple teams.

You will be responsible for developing well-architected solutions that take full advantage of our existing frameworks and libraries while incorporating new technologies and best practices as needed. We are looking for someone with a passion for the web and its fast-moving ecosystem, that would also like to expand their skills.

About the Position's Contributions:

• Develop responsive and elegant SPA functionality with an eye toward streamlined UX, using HTML, Vue, and SCSS, as well as client- and server-side vanilla ES6.

• Collaborate with a distributed, agile team of developers, product managers, QA, and designers to meet business needs.

• Drive technical progress on projects or feature builds to ensure our applications meet performance requirements, are well maintained, and use the best technologies to meet demands

• Architect and execute complex feature builds from start to finish including technical design, code-level implementation, and integration

• Use strong technical expertise to lead technical conversations with a willingness to defend rationale, participating in technical design, architecture, and code review processes

• Make meaningful contributions to code reviews to ensure quality. Offer general technical mentorship to team members and the wider community.

• Help surface, track, and address technical debt

About Your Contributions:

• 5+ years of web development experience with a focus on building modern SPA systems using frameworks like Vue or React

• Demonstrable proficiency with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, TypeScript a plus

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks for the client (Vue, React, Angular)

• Experience with server-side technologies in JavaScript (Node.js + Express or similar)

• Experience with build processes (Webpack, Grunt, Gulp)

• Experience working with APIs and REST-ful services

• Comfortable using the tools of modern collaborative Agile+Scrum SDLC, including Git, Jira, planning poker, etc

• Able to troubleshoot complex issues independently and seek input from the team when stuck

• Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field or foreign equivalent

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.Accommodation requests can be made by emailing ddm.hr@dotdashmdp.com.

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Pay Range

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Dotdash Meredith's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition,Dotdash Meredith provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with Dotdash Meredith and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.