Software Engineer II

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Front End Software Engineer / SE2: Full Stack to elevate visual and interactive experiences across our publishing platforms in New York. You’ll contribute to Verso, collaborate with product design, editorial, and platform teams to ship premium web experiences.

The role emphasizes modern React/TypeScript, GraphQL, accessibility, performance, and AI-assisted tooling to push the platform forward for millions of readers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building front-end experiences with React and TypeScript.
• Fluency with GraphQL, fragments, schemas, and component queries.
• Strong understanding of modern React concepts (hooks, SSR/Hydration, suspense).
• Solid CSS fundamentals and responsive design.
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design principles.
• Experience optimizing Core Web Vitals and reducing runtime costs.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn and push the platform forward.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
• Ability to critique and test AI-generated outputs and maintain editorial trust.

Responsibilities

• Elevate front-end architecture and contribute to multi-tenant applications.
• Collaborate with Product Design, Editorial, and Platform Engineers to deliver premium experiences.

Skills

React

TypeScript

GraphQL

Modern React

CSS fundamentals

Accessibility

Performance

AI-assisted tooling

Prompting / AI review

Responsible AI

AI-enabled workflows

Job description

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

Front End Software Engineer / SE2: Full stack** , Publishing Platform**

About Condé Nast

Condé Nast stands as a distinguished media powerhouse, celebrated for curating top-tier content for the globe’s most impactful audiences. Engaging over a billion consumers through its cutting-edge print, digital, and video brands, the portfolio proudly features some of the most iconic titles in the media landscape, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and WIRED.

Consistently delivering excellence, Condé Nast extends its influence across 32 markets worldwide, with headquarters in both London and New York, embodying a commitment to quality and innovation.

About Condé Nast Technology

Condé Nast Technology builds the products, systems, and experiences that power our brands. Our mission is to enable creativity and business growth through next-generation publishing, loyalty, and commerce platforms.

We’re a global team of designers, engineers, product managers, and researchers dedicated to creating innovative, user-centric products that enable world-class storytelling and digital experiences.

You’ll be part of a talented international team working across London, New York, and ten other markets, collaborating daily with colleagues in Product, Engineering, Architecture, Design, UX, and Data. We partner closely with Consumer Marketing, Commercial, Licensing, Editorial, and Brand teams to ensure our tools and experiences deliver real impact.

Together, we’re shaping how our brands create, publish, and connect with audiences worldwide, combining craft, technology, and collaboration to deliver quality at scale.

About Our Engineering Team

Our engineering team builds and evolves Verso, the shared front-end platform powering more than 70 Condé Nast brand sites worldwide. We specialize in modern React architectures, performance-optimized experiences, multi-brand configuration systems, and flexible storytelling tools that enable teams to move fast while maintaining exceptional quality.

We value craft. We value clarity. We value performance. We value governance. We believe that exceptional digital experiences require engineering, product and design working in lockstep.

About the role

Our brands are our USP. The expression of our iconic brands – from Vogue to the New Yorker – within their digital experiences is of utmost importance in our mission to create the best places to consume and interact with our brands.

We are hiring a Front End Software Engineer / SE2: Full Stack to elevate the visual and interactive qualities of our consumer facing experiences across our portfolio of brands.

This role focuses on craft at scale. Building and implementing user interfaces that feel premium, deliberate and performant. You will work at the intersection of brand expression, system architecture, and user experience, bringing finesse to interfaces that millions of readers interact with every day.

You’ll collaborate closely with our Product Design Lead, editorial partners, and platform engineers to bridge design intent with production-quality code.

Key Responsibilities & Areas of Impact::

• Elevate Front End architecture

• Contribute to our Multi-Tenant Application

What We’re Looking For (Experience & Skills)

• 4+ years of experience developing high-quality front-end experiences using React and TypeScript.

• Strong fluency with GraphQL, including fragments, schemas, and component-oriented queries.

• Deep understanding of modern React (hooks, suspense, SSR/Hydration, RSC concepts).

• Strong CSS fundamentals (layout systems, responsive design, animation, typography).

• Strong understanding of accessibility, usability, and inclusive design principles.

• Experience optimizing Core Web Vitals and reducing real-world runtime costs.

• Curious mindset with a desire to learn, iterate, and push the platform forward.

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as coding assistants, chat-based technical copilots, or AI-supported documentation/search workflows.

• Ability to prompt, critique, test, and refine AI-generated outputs rather than accepting them unreviewed.

• Awareness of responsible AI considerations, including privacy, security, intellectual property, accessibility, bias, and editorial trust.

• Curiosity about AI-enabled product experiences and how they can support publishing, storytelling, personalization, discovery, or internal tooling.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating AI-powered features into web applications, such as streaming responses, prompt-driven interfaces, semantic search, recommendations, summarization, or editorial assistance tools.

• Familiarity with LLM APIs, embeddings, RAG patterns, evaluation workflows, or AI observability.

• Experience designing user interfaces for AI-assisted workflows with clear feedback, confidence cues, human-in-the-loop review, and graceful failure states.

The expected base salary range for this position is from $145,000-165,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.