Senior Software Engineer 1

Job Description

Job Title
Senior Software Engineer 1

About Dotdash Meredith: Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital and print publisher in America. From mobile to magazines, nearly 200 million people trust us to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. Dotdash Meredith's over 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, FOOD & WINE, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. Dotdash Meredith is based in New York City and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC)(www.dotdashmeredith.com).

Meredith India Services Pvt. Ltd. (a Dotdash Meredith Company):

Meredith India Services Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Dotdash Meredith (USA), the parent company of over 40 iconic brands like PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, FOOD & WINE, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, Southern Living, and many more. We provide offshore support to Dotdash Meredith within Research & Analytics, Technology, Finance, Operations, Consumer Marketing & Revenue, and Shared Services domains. Operating out of Bengaluru, Dotdash Meredith India employs a diverse and vibrant workforce with an engaging workspace. We're energetic, strong & dynamic and form a solid foundation that celebrates our work culture. We're looking for bright, engaged, creative, and fun people to join our inspiring team.
Our Core Values:

Champion Accountability

Respect

Expect Integrity

Act Now, Not Later

Make it Matter

Job Summary: 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 who would also like to expand their skills.

Primary responsibilities:
• ​​​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.
• Collaborate with a distributed, agile team of developers, product managers, QA, and designers to meet business needs.
• 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.
• Architect and execute complex feature builds from start to finish, including technical design, code-level implementation, and integration.
• Provide inputs to enhance code reviews, development syncs, whiteboard sessions, and Agile daily/weekly reviews.
• Build assertion tests and custom processes as part of continuous integration release/deployment process.
• Ensure high-quality code requirements are met in spite of tight schedules 8.
• Use strong technical expertise to lead technical conversations with a willingness to defend rationale, participating in technical design, architecture, and code review processes.
• Make meaningful contributions to code reviews to ensure quality. Offer general technical mentorship to team members and the wider community.
• Help surface, track, and address technical debt

Required Skills

Mandatory Skills:
• Engineering in B.E./ B. Tech/MCA Degree with 7 - 10 years of relevant experience.
• Good understanding of Javascript.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks for the client (Vue/ React/ Angular). Having experience with Vue is a plus.
• Experience with server-side technologies in JavaScript (NestJs/Node.js + Express).
• Experience working with APIs and REST-ful services.
• Comfortable using the tools of modern collaborative Agile+Scrum SDLC, including Git, Jira, planning poker, etc.
• Able to troubleshoot complex issues independently and seek input from the team when stuck.
• Good communication skills.
• Understanding of typescript.
• Good understanding of the version control system, Bitbucket (git).

Good to Have:
• Experience with AWS services like lambda, SNS, SQS, ApiGateway, test cases using jest.
• Experience with Relational databases (Mysql) and NoSQL Database.
• Understanding of Agile methodology, Eslint for coding standards.
• Working experience with swagger UI for API endpoints.

What will you learn on this job?

You will work closely with stakeholders in editorial, business, and product development to understand requirements, build prototypes, and deliver world-class products and features using world-class cloud technologies.

Designation: Senior Software Engineer 1

Working Hours: 1 PM – 10 PM IST

Work Location: EcoWorld, Bengaluru

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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