Senior Software Engineer 1

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Dotdash Meredith · 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer 1, Picksy Services

United States+1 more

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $175K/yr

6+ years exp

Dotdash Meredith is a company that offers a next-generation product discovery platform called Picksy. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of solution design and implementation for scalable services while mentoring other engineers and collaborating with product owners and designers.

AdvertisingDigital MediaPrinting

No H1B

Responsibilities

Partner with engineers across data, web, and mobile experiences to build and evolve the foundational services powering Picksy

Design and implement new services, APIs, and operational monitoring functions

Own production services end-to-end — investigating issues, resolving bottlenecks, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve reliability and reduce cost

Lead code reviews and mentor other engineers, setting the bar for code quality and advocating for best practices across the team

Drive the identification and prioritization of technical debt

Provide thorough, readable documentation for the services you own

Partner with engineers across the org to establish and align on shared best practices

Bring strong technical judgment to ambiguous problems, and deliver high-quality, complex services under tight timelines

Work closely with stakeholders, product owners, and tech leadership to plan and create new services, features, and enhancements

Lead technical design of new and expanding systems; drive identification and prioritization of technical debt; proactively identify opportunities to improve reliability and reduce cost

Own production services end-to-end; investigate, troubleshoot, and implement fixes for bugs and operational issues

Lead code reviews and mentor other engineers, setting the bar for code quality; work closely with quality-assurance engineers to facilitate feature testing and contribute to automated test coverage

Consume non-technical user stories, providing feedback when necessary, translating into technical documentation, and/or using as a basis for implementation

Qualification

RESTService ArchitectureHorizontal ScalabilityProduction Services DevelopmentAWSGCPContainersContinuous IntegrationCodified InfrastructureNode.jsTypeScriptNestJSJavaGraphQLHTMLCSSVueNuxtNoSQL DatabasesGraph DatabasesIndexingDistributed LockingMedia TransformationElasticsearchSolrAgile Methodology

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or relevant industry experience

6+ years of relevant professional technology experience

Demonstrated deep understanding of REST, service architecture, monitoring, and the tenets of horizontal scalability

Experience developing complex and highly available services running in a production environment with SLAs

Extensive knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design patterns, including those commonly used within large web application platforms

Proven experience developing and owning production services and applications deployed in AWS or GCP, leveraging containers, continuous integration, and codified infrastructure

Extensive experience using Node.js, TypeScript, and the NestJS framework, with some knowledge of Java and GraphQL

Knowledge of NoSQL data stores, graph databases, indexing, distributed locking, media transformation, and search engines such as Elasticsearch or Solr

Experience working in an Agile environment, translating user stories into technical tasks and estimating effort effectively

Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Experience leading architecture discussions, advocating for your approach, and mentoring team members

Motivation to learn new technologies and grow as a developer

Preferred

Familiarity with HTML/CSS and frontend web frameworks such as Vue or Nuxt

Benefits

Annual bonuses

Short- and long-term incentives

Medical, dental, vision

Prescription drug coverage

Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

Adoption or surrogate assistance

Donation matching

Tuition reimbursement

Basic life insurance

Basic accidental death & dismemberment

Supplemental life insurance

Supplemental accident insurance

Commuter benefits

Short term and long term disability

Health savings and flexible spending accounts

Family care benefits

A generous 401K savings plan with a company match program

10-12 paid holidays annually

Generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)

Voluntary benefits such as pet insurance

Accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Remote or Hybrid 3x per week

In-office Expectations

this position offers remote work flexibility; however, if you reside within a commutable distance to one of our offices in New York, Des Moines, Los Angeles, Seattle, or Edmonton, the expectation is to work from the office three days per week.

Company

Dotdash Meredith

Glassdoor

3.6

Digital and print publisher with diverse media brands.

Founded in 2021

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$400M

2025-06-05Debt Financing

• $400M

Leadership Team

Neil Vogel

CEO

Tim Quinn

CFO

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