Senior Full Stack Engineer - Content Planning Team

at  The Washington Post

Job Description
The Washington Post is seeking a Senior Engineer to advance our content management system in response to the evolving demands of a modern newsroom. As the Senior Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and technical excellence within our CMS team.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including editorial, product, and engineering, to identify and implement cutting-edge solutions that enhance efficiency, scalability, and user experience. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully leading engineering initiatives, a deep understanding of content management systems, and a passion for staying abreast of emerging technologies. If you are a visionary leader with strong technical acumen, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to fostering a culture of innovation, we invite you to join our team and contribute to shaping the future of digital journalism at The Washington Post.

Motivation

• You embody strong and inspiring leadership, making your team an attractive place to work.
• Your communication skills excel with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, fostering collaboration.
• Possessing a passion for emerging technologies and trends, you thrive on seizing opportunities promptly.
• Your bias for action drives you to solve problems swiftly, and your insatiable curiosity extends to understanding the inner workings of software and the teams you manage.
• Whether dealing with external users or internal teams, your user-focused approach remains unwavering.

Responsibilities

• Begins organizational behavior, both within a code base but also on the level of a project or of a team
• Reviews PRs with urgency, knowing that unblocking others is virtuous
• Evaluates a codebase or a system that is not documented and begin the process of documenting it
• Shares knowledge in written form or via exercises like pair programming
• Produces modular, testable and reusable code by default
• Identifies, weighs and engages in decisions about where and when to cut corners technically when we need to hit a deadline or ship a feature
• Understands and communicates corner cases and edge cases to other engineers
• Leads development of a feature or an epic without supervision
• Engages in feature definition and shaping of MVPs with product owners
• Shapes hiring process and evaluates candidates according to those rubrics
• Demonstrates awareness about peer work styles and habits such that they can make recommendations about how to modify team norms to make others more effective and comfortable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; focus in computer science, engineering, business, or related technical field preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant technical professional experience required including 6 or more years in a software development role.
• Strong analytical, evaluation and problem-solving skills.
• 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 and code documentation.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to deliver quality solutions within established timelines.
• Proficient in React, JavaScript, Node, Typescript, Java
• Proficient in SQL and experience with RDS concepts
• Experience working with and deploying to AWS
• Other desirable skills include NestJs, RxJS, Elasticsearch

• Begins organizational behavior, both within a code base but also on the level of a project or of a team
• Reviews PRs with urgency, knowing that unblocking others is virtuous
• Evaluates a codebase or a system that is not documented and begin the process of documenting it
• Shares knowledge in written form or via exercises like pair programming
• Produces modular, testable and reusable code by default
• Identifies, weighs and engages in decisions about where and when to cut corners technically when we need to hit a deadline or ship a feature
• Understands and communicates corner cases and edge cases to other engineers
• Leads development of a feature or an epic without supervision
• Engages in feature definition and shaping of MVPs with product owners
• Shapes hiring process and evaluates candidates according to those rubrics
• Demonstrates awareness about peer work styles and habits such that they can make recommendations about how to modify team norms to make others more effective and comfortabl