Engineer II - Web Development

Verisign; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 89,900 - 121,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Stock awards

Job summary

Verisign is seeking a junior engineer to join the Web Marketing Development team in Reston, VA. You will participate in ideation, design, implementation, deployment and issue resolution across cross-functional teams, providing technical contributions and collaborating with team members.

The team manages front-end components, site templates, and a git-based workflow, with a modern CI/CD stack including Jenkins, Docker, Ansible and Terraform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field with 2+ years software development experience.
• Or a Master’s degree with hands-on software development work through demonstrable projects or internships

Responsibilities

• Involve in ideation, design, implementation, deployment and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Engineering, Security and Operations teams.
• Provide technical contributions and work collaboratively with other team members.

Skills

Page performance

Git / SVN

Web toolchains

UNIX-like OS

Secure coding

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS

Master’s degree with projects

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

Terraform

NPM

Webpack/Babel

Yarn

Job description

Company Overview

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

Candidate

Verisign is looking for a junior engineer to expand the VerisignWeb MarketingDevelopment team.

The candidate will be involved in all aspects of product development including ideation, design, implementation, deployment, and issue resolution. This will usually imply cross-team collaboration with Product, Marketing, Engineering, Security and Operations teams. The candidate is expected to provide technical contributions and work collaboratively with other team members.

Product

Web Marketing operates a set of customer-facing web applications and static sites, which deliver informational content and the latest news from Verisign. This includes the primary corporate site of verisign.com, several product and campaign focused sites, and a public blog. The team is on course to unify all these sites under a common framework, toolset, and design system which allows for reuse of front‑end components. Additionally, the team operates their infrastructure in the public cloud and is responsible for maintaining and improving those platforms.

This team manages a collection of front‑end components, including site templates, themes, and Web Components for interactivity, as well as a git‑based content editing workflow.

Team

The team possesses extensive technical ownership over the product. The work style of the team is closer to an internal startup where all the team members are involved in the majority of product development phases and are flexible moving between focus areas.

The team follows Agile Development methodology relying on daily Scrums with tickets prioritized in Jira. Our code is located on internal GitHub; we utilize pull request code reviews. For continuous delivery, we use Jenkins with pipelines and our product deployments are automated with Docker, Ansible, and Terraform.

It is clearly beneficial if the candidate has experience working with some of the tools mentioned.

Skills

Required

• Ability to optimize webpage loading and rendering
• Working knowledge of at least one version control system: Git, SVN, etc.
• Experience with common website toolchains and dependencies: npm, webpack/babel, prettier, postCSS, etc.
• OS: Familiarity with UNIX-like operating systems
• Demonstration of understanding of Secure Coding standards.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), eager to learn new technologies

Advantageous

• Frameworks: StencilJS, Astro, Tailwind CSS
• AWS Public cloud services including Cloudfront, S3 and Route53
• Methodology: Scrum
• Scripting: Bash, Python
• Containerization: Docker
• CI/CD/CM: Git, Jenkins, Gradle, Yarn
• Deployment Automation: Ansible, Terraform

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field with 2+ years software development experience
• or a Master’s degree with hands‑on software development work experience through demonstrable projects or internships

Location & Salary

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule. The pay range is $89,900 - $121,700. The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.

EEO Statement

Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.