About the position
The Information is seeking engineers with a few years of experience in both front- and back-end web development to build new features for their subscription-only publication. The ideal candidate will work directly with design, product, and other teams to settle UI and architecture, manage their own work from early design through deployment, and contribute actively in code reviews. The company is committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages.
Responsibilities
- Build new functionality in the public website, internal tools, email services, app, and other code repos
- Work directly with design, product, and other teams to settle UI and architecture. A product-oriented mindset is essential for our coding work!
- Manage your own work from early design, through deployment, to verifying data results in production
- Contribute actively in code reviews, both giving and receiving ideas
- Share your knowledge and experience with the rest of the engineering and product team and participate in our culture of learning and teaching
Requirements
- 2+ years web development experience on client and server sides
- 1+ years of Javascript experience using React, AngularJS, jQuery, etc.
- Solid ability with CSS and higher tools (SASS, SCSS etc) and ability to articulate your preferences for style organization
- Familiarity with at least a couple of these web infrastructure services: SQL/Postgres, Redis, asynchronous jobs such as Sidekiq or DelayedJob
- Experience writing automated tests and a clear understanding of the different values of different levels of tests
- Good design instincts