Senior Software Developer (Python, React, AI)

US News & World Report ,L.P.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. News & World Report is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Developer to drive dynamic, data-driven web applications. You will contribute from architecture through deployment, collaborating with product managers, designers, and analysts to deliver scalable features.

The role emphasizes AI-first thinking, independence, and a strong coding discipline across frontend and backend systems, with access to modern cloud and data tools to impact millions of visitors monthly.

Qualifications

• Senior Software Developer with strong full-stack expertise.
• Ability to work across front-end and back-end architectures.
• Proactive, independent worker who collaborates with product and QA teams.
• Comfort with AI-first tooling to improve workflows and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers within a vertical.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers; mentor teammates.
• Apply AI-first approaches to day-to-day investigation and development.
• Develop, document, test, and maintain clean, scalable code.
• Make architectural decisions and review code for quality.

Skills

Full stack development

Mentoring developers

AI-driven development

Team collaboration

Tools

React

Python

AWS

Google BigQuery

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News, Real Estate, Careers and 360 Reviews.We reach millions of people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our "Best" series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations such as Healthcare of Tomorrow .We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming and inclusive workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. We are looking for an enthusiastic Full Stack Senior Software Developer with an interest in building dynamic, data-driven products. We value an 'AI-first' mindset, requiring a positive attitude toward using AI tools to maximize efficiency and workflows. The developers at U.S. News have a great deal of independence and a minimum of overhead. By leveraging the latest AI-coding tools, React, Python, AWS cloud, Google BigQuery, data science and other latest technologies, you'll be driving a major transformation within U.S. News.The successful candidate will become an influential member of a passionate, friendly, and growing team that creates web applications which reach millions of visitors monthly. Developers typically see applications through from beginning to end, working directly with project owners to create, implement, upgrade, optimize, and test features and projects.Are you up to the challenge?This position requires comfort working with front-end development and web standards as well as backend technologies. Our developers thrive in a collaborative environment but also excel at solving challenges independently. We use many different technologies and operate in many different environments, and we work together with designers, analysts, stakeholders, and testers to build products as efficiently and effectively as possible. We also believe in perpetual self-improvement, and expect our employees to continue to work towards developing their own skills and the skills of those around them.

As a senior software developer, you will be:

• A key contributor for a team of developers working with one of our verticals
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, mentor developers
• Employ an AI-first approach to day-to-day investigation & development
• Develop and maintain clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Make code architecture decisions
• Review code for quality
• Serve as a technical role model
• Senior team members are responsible for promoting the overall quality of our team and technology, beyond just focusing on their own individual contributions.