Senior Software Engineer

Overview  

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be a part of shaping Guardian’s most critical customer-facing digital experiences, utilizing various frameworks such as React, Next and Node. This position requires technical familiarity with building scalable, performant web applications in AWS, working collaboratively with a team of engineers, collaborating with business leaders, UI/UX, data and leadership to create best-in-class experiences for our customers.  

What you will get to do:  

• Be Creative - have the freedom to innovate, modernize and create technical solutions to solve complex business problems 

• Be Collaborative - work with product and design to deliver robust user experiences.  

• Be Precise - understand the business goals behind every feature and create a solution that can deliver  

• Be Awesome - launch products that you can be proud of 

What you bring to the table:  

• 6+ years of experience delivering resilient, highly performant, public-facing web applications that have had demonstrative business impact.  

• Proficient in Javascript/Typescript (Node/React/NextJS/NestJS/Jest), including ability to mentor team members to follow good practices within our tools. 

• Proficient experience in API development best practices (REST/GraphQL) and integration with third-party systems. 

• Experience with Redis, micro-frontends and micro-services desirable.  

• Mastery of web fundamentals, including vanilla Javascript, HTML, CSS, and web core vitals performance management.  

• Experience developing complex applications in an Agile environment as part of a team of engineers, designers, product experts, marketers, and strategists  

• Experience with modern web application development, including building tools, testing, CI/CD and AWS. 

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.  

• Working knowledge of security best practices, e.g.: OWASP, dealing with PII data. 

• Excitement, energy, and strong people skills including excellent written and verbal communication.