Senior Front End Software Engineer

Job Description

Role x You

VICE Media Group is seeking a talented & experienced senior engineer to join in the development and maintenance of the reader-facing front-end applications. The engineer will work closely with the Product, Design, and API teams to maintain the VMG sites and apps, in addition to building entirely new features and functionality from the ground up.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with Product, Design, API engineers, and other stakeholders to ship new features to our consumer-facing front-ends for Vice.com, Refinery29.com, and other brand sites.
• Work with modern web technologies like React, NextJS, Apollo GraphQL, and Storybook
• Stay on top of new technology to offer guidance on improvements across the front-end products
• Work closely with other Engineers to enrich and optimize the user experience at VICE Media
• Actively contribute to architectural decisions surrounding the evolution of the codebase
• Mentoring other engineers on the Front-End team
• Contribute your expertise and insights into developing and improving best practices

You have these:
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience working as a software engineer
• Extensive experience with React and accompanying frameworks such as NextJS
• Mastery of fundamentals in Javascript(ES6)/Typescript, HTML & CSS
• Experience with build tools like Webpack, Vite, Snowpack, and Parcel to distribute JS modules across multiple applications
• Proven track record of building modular, high performance, and enterprise-level web applications
• Experience working on large scale CMSs
• Solid understanding of Scrum and Agile principles
• Experience mentoring other engineers and leading knowledge share sessions
• Experience working in a team environment
• Deep Experience with NodeJS, Apollo GraphQL, and REST APIs
• Focus and attention to detail in written and verbal communication
• Strong sense of product ownership
• Comfortable working with fast paced and globally distributed teams
• Displayed understanding of Product Design principles and tooling
• Experienced with building performant cross-browser web animations using modern technologies like Framer Motion
• Experience with CI/CD (CircleCI/GitHub Actions)

We'd love if you also have these:
• Knowledge of Design System architecture with Storybook
• Experience with VueJS
• Experience in digital media and publishing
• Experience with Figma
• Dedicated to full test coverage with tools like Jest & Cypress
• A passion for staying on top of the latest web technologies

Equal Opportunity Employer:

VICE Media (VICE.com, VICE Studios, VICE TV, Virtue, VICE News, Refinery29, PULSE Films, i-D) is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual, and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it's about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique, and that's what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r72y2p-3-140-185-147-42 in your application.