About the Position:
We’re looking for a full time senior full stack developer with strong JavaScript experience to work with our publishing platform’s special projects team, to help us build out the next generation of new applications that will drive content publishing and management at Dotdash Meredith.
This team works on a variety of projects, focusing mainly on delivering the editorial tooling needs of specific brand-lead business initiatives. You will also work on building reusable and extendable components intended for broader use across multiple teams.
You will be responsible for developing well-architected solutions that take full advantage of our existing frameworks and libraries while incorporating new technologies and best practices as needed. We are looking for someone with a passion for the web and its fast-moving ecosystem, that would also like to expand their skills.
About the Position's Contributions:
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Develop responsive and elegant SPA functionality with an eye toward streamlined UX, using HTML, Vue, and SCSS, as well as client- and server-side vanilla ES6.
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Collaborate with a distributed, agile team of developers, product managers, QA, and designers to meet business needs.
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Drive technical progress on projects or feature builds to ensure our applications meet performance requirements, are well maintained, and use the best technologies to meet demands
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Architect and execute complex feature builds from start to finish including technical design, code-level implementation, and integration
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Use strong technical expertise to lead technical conversations with a willingness to defend rationale, participating in technical design, architecture, and code review processes
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Make meaningful contributions to code reviews to ensure quality. Offer general technical mentorship to team members and the wider community.
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Help surface, track, and address technical debt
About Your Contributions:
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5+ years of web development experience with a focus on building modern SPA systems using frameworks like Vue or React
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Demonstrable proficiency with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, TypeScript a plus
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Experience with JavaScript frameworks for the client (Vue, React, Angular)
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Experience with server-side technologies in JavaScript (Node.js + Express or similar)
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Experience with build processes (Webpack, Grunt, Gulp)
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Experience working with APIs and REST-ful services
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Comfortable using the tools of modern collaborative Agile+Scrum SDLC, including Git, Jira, planning poker, etc
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Able to troubleshoot complex issues independently and seek input from the team when stuck
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Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field or foreign equivalent
Dotdash Meredith New York, New York, USA Office
225 Liberty Street, New York, NY, United States, 10281
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