New York City, USA; Oakland, USA Hybrid

Newsweek is hiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Work with our product and design teams to build impact-oriented products that facilitate an open criminal justice data ecosystem
  • Work with our engineering and data teams to implement testable and maintainable features across our full-stack web apps and backend data infrastructure
  • Collaborate with external users of our products to ensure our work is scalably launchable and configurable across all states and systems
  • Ensuring the long-term health of our engineering organization by maintaining high bars for security, privacy, operations, quality, documentation, testing, and ethics

Requirements

  • High empathy and kindness
  • 3+ years of practical experience building full-stack, production, user-facing software in a collaborative environment
  • Experience working in a cross-functional setting with multiple stakeholders
  • Experience writing code in Javascript/Typescript and React
  • Experience working with SQL databases
  • Experience working in cloud infrastructure environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Comfort working directly with deployed systems to ensure high uptime, secure configuration, and rapid development
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Javascript classes and object-oriented programming
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with Firebase/Firestore
  • Familiarity with AI tools like Claude, Cursor, or Copilot
  • Experience in systems engineering, including improving the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of production software

Benefits

  • Effective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters
  • 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
  • Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
  • Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
  • Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
  • Free mental health support via Talkspace
  • Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose
  • An annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatherings
  • All the exhilarating challenges and stretch opportunities of a tech startup, combined with the mission-driven heart of a nonprofit

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Additional Information

  • Visa sponsorship: Not available
  • Hires remotely in: United States
Required Skills
PythonCursor
About company
Newsweek
Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years. Newsweek reaches 100 million people each month with thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia.
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Category fullstack
Posted 7 months ago