Software Engineer

tbd040918IAC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary vacation

Commuter subsidy

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) matching

Subsidized gym membership

Job summary

tbd040918IAC is searching for engineers passionate about building high-performance websites. You will work with teams across Product, Design, QA, and DevOps to innovate publishing solutions.

Join us to maintain and improve our code bases, ship rapidly, and work on technologies like React and Node.js. We pride ourselves on creating great user experiences and supporting our team's development through a variety of benefits, including tuition reimbursement and flexible vacation policies.

Qualifications

• Experience developing Single Page Applications with React.
• Proven ability to scale Node.js applications efficiently.
• Excellent communication to bridge tech and non-tech discussions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve multiple code bases.
• Collaborate across teams to align on product goals.
• Engage in a continuous delivery cycle for rapid deployments.

Skills

React

Node.js

Communication skills

Modern web practices

User experience focus

Desire to learn

Tools

Webpack

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Job description

Job Description

About the Role

Over the past year we successfully migrated off of our legacy CMS system, and have a new modern publishing platform based on Node.js, PostgreSQL, and React. The main site handles about a million users per day and we do our own OPS in house powered by Docker and AWS. The infrastructure handles hundreds of requests per second, all while sharing the same codebases on both the server and client.

The Opportunity

We're looking for engineers with a strong passion for building usable, high-performance websites and applications and who are interested in working with the latest browser and mobile capabilities. As an engineer joining this team you'll get to work on problems at the cutting edge of publishing. We are a team of technology generalists and we all work on any part of the stack at any given time in short iterations. You'll work closely with Product, Design, QA, DevOps to build premium products that deliver value to the business and give our readers even more reason to love The Daily Beast.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve multiple code bases at the same time
• Collaborate with other teams in the company to build products with the proper intent
• Work in a continuous delivery cycle and write code that can be shipped quickly
• Work with the other engineers to overcome challenges through pair programming and TDD
• Help develop simple, scalable architecture to build features upon

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Single Page Applications using React and Webpack
• Experience scaling Node.js applications to handle intense and unpredictable loads
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical tradeoffs to less technical colleagues
• Up-to-date knowledge of tools and practices for building a well-performing modern website
• A personal practice of creating testable, well architected, reusable code
• A passion for great user experiences and a desire to work with a team that makes this a priority
• Desire to learn new skills and experiment with cutting edge technologies

Nice-to-haves

• Desire to learn and work with GraphQL
• Interest in working with React Native
• Experience with Flexbox
• Experience with Docker orchestration
• Advanced knowledge PostgreSQL and writing efficient queries
• Well versed in AWS and the breadth of services offered
• Familiarity with serverless architecture

Additional Information

Why Work Here

The Daily Beast is a globally recognized publication at IAC HQ in pristine Chelsea in New York City. Being part of IAC, we are able to provide you some of the best in benefits. We offer discretionary vacation (as in take what you need with approval for all exempt and non-guild employees), commuter subsidy, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) matching, subsidized gym membership, fully stocked kitchens with snacks and drinks, and excuses to celebrate all the time! Work for us and work for something spectacular!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status