Staff Reporter

Hello, We’re Built In

What We’re Up To 

We’re building the largest platform for tech professionals globally. Monthly, millions of professionals visit BuiltIn.com from across the world. We’re the only platform they need to stay ahead of tech trends and news, develop their careers and find opportunities at companies they believe in. 

Our 1,800 customers include innovative companies of all sizes, from exciting startups to companies in the Fortune 100. To attract our audience of skilled professionals, they trust us to tell the stories of their cultures and share their job opportunities. This helps them hire the industry’s most sought-after professionals locally, nationally and remotely – ultimately  contributing to the industry’s ability to innovate a better future. 

What You’ll Be a Part Of 

Working at Built In is the chance to help shape a fast-growing company. Whereas we served eight tech hubs at the start of 2021, we entered 72 new markets across the U.S. by year’s end. Global plans are in the works. With venture funding of $30 million to date, we’re expanding not just our geographic footprint but our products and technology.  

With the launch of e-learning opportunities for users, we’ve made Built In even more valuable for the professionals who already trust us with their careers. And as we grow into the leading SaaS product for employer branding, we're using the latest technologies to serve customers in new, exciting ways — and you’ll contribute to that. 

You’ll also be a part of changing the lives of professionals like you, ambitious people with a passion for tech and love of learning. As a result, you’ll understand the impact of your work in a deeply personal, especially meaningful way. 

We’re looking for a Staff Reporter, Updates

Built In’s editorial team delivers high-quality reporting to millions of tech professionals, producing longform explainers, features and guides that help readers understand and navigate the evolving tech industry. While the core takeaways of these articles often remain relevant for years to come, the data, statistics and examples they reference can become outdated. As a reporter on our updates team, you will be tasked with updating, supplementing and expanding upon Built In’s existing content with new research and reporting.

This reporter will play a key role in ensuring the continued relevance of Built In’s reporting, while keeping the reader experience top of mind. In some cases, improvements will be limited to minor tweaks, like updating old statistics or revising display copy with new insights. Other times, entirely new sections or wholesale rewrites may be necessary. In all your work, your goal is to make each article as engaging, actionable and useful as it can possibly be. 

This is a unique opportunity to be at the cutting edge of an innovative new approach to journalism — other publications experimenting within this space include Vox Media and Wirecutter. You’ll also be part of an ambitious editorial team with reporting and editing experience from publications like The Atlantic, Pacific Standard and The Marshall Project. This team reports to Built In’s VP of Growth, and is primarily responsible for building and retaining the site’s audience of tech professionals.

How You’ll Contribute

• Maintain the accuracy and relevance of high-performing Built In explainers through strategic changes, like updating statistics, tweaking display copy and adding newly relevant information.
• Elevate and expand upon existing Built In features and explainers with new research and original reporting.
• Explore and test new optimization strategies to enhance article performance, sharing insights with the broader editorial team to help us improve the quality and impact of our content across the board.

What You Need

• Experience reporting and writing multi-source articles between 1,500-3,000 words in length.
• A strong ability to break down complex, nuanced topics and make them approachable through strategic use of examples, hypotheticals and other storytelling techniques.
• An eye for detail, a collaborative mindset and the flexibility to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and tasks.
• A strong interest in tech industry trends and emerging technologies (i.e. artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, software engineering, cybersecurity, data science).
• An ability to easily adopt an established brand voice and adhere to editorial style guidelines.

Impress Us Even More

• Experience in a full-time SEO role, or a role with a significant SEO compo