Full-Stack Subscriptions Engineer – AI‑Powered News Experiences

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical, dental and vision

Company-paid pension and 401(k) match

Three weeks of vacation and up to sick

Nine paid holidays and two personal

20 weeks paid parental leave

Robust mental health resources

Backup care and caregiver concierge

Gender affirming services

Pet insurance

Free Post digital subscription

Leadership and career development

Job summary

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

You’ll own features end-to-end in a monorepo setup and contribute to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and tooling. You’ll collaborate with product partners, apply AI-assisted engineering practices, and help maintain reliable, accessible web applications with strong

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience building or integrating with backend services and APIs, preferably using Java.
• Experience with Node.js in areas such as services, APIs, automation, build tooling, or developer tooling.
• Solid understanding of frontend engineering fundamentals, including component design, state management, testing, performance, accessibility, responsive design, and web standards.
• Experience working in shared or monorepo-based codebases and contributing to common libraries, dependencies, or development tooling.
• Familiarity with AWS, CI/CD, and production observability concepts.
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting production applications.
• Ability to independently deliver well-defined features and technical tasks while seeking guidance when needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools in day-to-day development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and operate customer-facing subscription experiences using React and TypeScript.
• Contribute to frontend engineering decisions involving component design, state management, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.
• Build and integrate with backend services and APIs, primarily in Java, while contributing to Node.js services and tooling.
• Own features and technical solutions from implementation through deployment and production support.
• Work within monorepo-based codebases, contributing to shared libraries and build tooling.
• Contribute to AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and developer tooling for reliable delivery.
• Help operate and improve Jenkins and Airflow.
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and follow-up improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to understand requirements and tradeoffs.

Skills

React

Java

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

AI-assisted tools

Monorepo

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

Node.js

Java

AWS

CI/CD tooling

TypeScript

Job description

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

You’ll own features end-to-end in a monorepo setup and contribute to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and tooling. You’ll collaborate with product partners, apply AI-assisted engineering practices, and help maintain reliable, accessible web applications with strong