Full-Stack Engineer, Subscriptions — Create Impactful Web UX

The Washington Post; Washington; On-site; USD 99,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Pension / 401(k) match

Vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Free Post digital subscription

Job summary

The Washington Post is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Subscriptions team. You’ll design and deliver customer-facing experiences using React and TypeScript, while collaborating across frontend and backend services in Java.

You’ll work in a monorepo, contribute to AWS infrastructure and CI/CD, and participate in on-call rotations. Strong communication and initiative, plus AI-assisted engineering experience, will help you thrive.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years frontend development with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with backend services and APIs, preferably Java.
• Experience with Node.js for tooling, automation, or services.
• Strong frontend fundamentals: design, state, testing, performance, accessibility.
• Experience in monorepos and shared libraries.
• Familiarity with AWS, CI/CD, and production observability.
• Ability to deliver independent, well-defined features with guidance when needed.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools in daily development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and operate customer-facing subscription experiences using React and TypeScript.
• Contribute to frontend decisions on component design, state, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.
• Build and integrate with backend services and APIs, primarily in Java, plus Node.js tooling where appropriate.
• Own features from implementation through deployment, observability, and production support.
• Work within a monorepo-based codebase and contribute to shared libraries and tooling.
• Contribute to AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, IaC, and developer tooling for reliable delivery.
• Help operate and improve engineering platforms like Jenkins and Airflow.
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and post-incident improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to translate requirements into solutions.
• Communicate progress, decisions, risks, and dependencies clearly.
• Leverage AI throughout the engineering lifecycle for coding, debugging, testing, and automation.

Skills

React

Java

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

Monorepo

Jenkins

Airflow

Production support

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Airflow

Monorepo tooling

Job description

The Washington Post is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Subscriptions team. You’ll design and deliver customer-facing experiences using React and TypeScript, while collaborating across frontend and backend services in Java.

You’ll work in a monorepo, contribute to AWS infrastructure and CI/CD, and participate in on-call rotations. Strong communication and initiative, plus AI-assisted engineering experience, will help you thrive.