Full Stack JS Engineer at TechCrunch

Job Description

Do you have what it takes to build innovative new products for massive audiences? The team at TechCrunch is looking for a strong, senior-level developer to help us build the next version of techcrunch.com, as well as tools and experiences that elevate our storytelling capabilities, plus collaborate with our mobile developers on exciting new mobile products. This means solving complex, unique and large-scale problems, and working with a passionate team to help TechCrunch grow and create innovative experiences.

About You:

-You have a proven track record of shipping products with solid, maintainable code.
-You have previously built products that have been used by large audiences and take quality seriously.
-You enjoy problem solving and have strong debugging skills, and have curiosity about emerging technologies
-You write code with the end user in mind, and appreciate how getting the details right leads to a great user experience.
-You are smart, and get things done. You have excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills.
-You have excellent work ethic and communication skills to match.

Responsibilities:

-Build compelling new experiences and tools for TechCrunch.com, and support the existing web product with assorted maintenance and iteration tasks.
-Architect the new REST API that will be consumed by the native mobile applications and parts of the site
-Optimize the site to improve performance.
-Participate in design and code reviews.
-Evangelize best practices around web development and advise product managers and other key stakeholders on the best technical approaches to problems.

Qualifications

-BA, BS, or MS in Computer Science or similar, or 3+ years of web development experience
-Node JS experience creating a performant REST API architecture
-Experience with an ORM and designing strong scalable databases
-Experience with frontend JS frameworks like Backbone or Angular
-Strong backend skills with an understanding of techniques and challenges for scaling and securing modern web applications.
-Show us your Github account and any relevant projects you’ve worked on.
-Bonus points: PHP experience, experience with AWS, deploying code and continuous integration