Sr Front-End Software Engineer

Job Description

VICE Media Group is seeking a talented & experienced senior engineer to join in the development and maintenance of the CMS and reader facing front-ends. 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.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collaborate with Product, Design, API engineers, and other stakeholders to ship new features to our internal CMS and the 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

QUALIFICATIONS
• 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)

PLUSES
• 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

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