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Senior Back-End Software Engineer at Gannett

Posted in Other 30+ days ago.

Location: Los Angeles, California





Job Description:

Senior Back-End Software Engineer


Chicago, IL, USA ● Fort Myers, FL, USA ● McLean, VA, USA ● New York, NY, USA ● Phoenix, AZ, USA ● Rochester, NY, USA ● Texas, USA ● Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA ● Virtual
Req #20660


Monday, April 11, 2022



Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services.

Our current portfolio of media assets includes USA TODAY, local media organizations in 46 states in the U.S., and Newsquest, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with more than 120 local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc., which are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures.

To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com.



USA TODAY's marketplace platforms group is looking for a senior back-end software developer to join our product team. We are currently focused on new product development and transformation of large existing businesses into digital first ventures that support our local news presence throughout the United States. 



As a senior back-end software engineer, you will play a key role in developing features for our websites and integrating into the API, building and deploying microservices. You will be working on innovative, highly scalable web applications to bolster, grow and transform our existing business. You will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing these sites while helping to develop new products. 


Responsibilities 

As a senior back-end software engineer, you will have the following responsibilities: 



  • Suggest and build new features into applications using modern technologies and frameworks

  • Contribute to the team's ability to quickly deliver high quality code  

  • Development of high traffic websites and restful APIs

  • Troubleshoot operations issues as required

  • Integrate internal as well as third-party web services and components

  • Consistently follow and continue to help improve our processes including source control, deployment, and issue tracking

  • Document solutions to institutionalize knowledge for the development, operational, support, and end user communities







Technology Stack

The USA Today marketplace platforms are a polyglot environment utilizing several key technologies, including: 



  • Stack:


    • Javascript, TypeScript and Go programming languages

    • Postgresql, ElasticSearch, BigQuery

    • GraphQL / Hasura

    • Microservices


  • Infrastructure:


    • Docker, Kubernetes

    • Terraform, Scalr

    • Google Cloud Services (GCS)

    • GitHub Actions


  • Team Tools


    • JIRA

    • Confluence

    • Slack



Qualifications 


Given the remote nature of our work environment, back-end software engineers are expected to be comfortable working remotely, attending video meetings, and collaborating using remote software. Minimum of five years of development and integration experience with web technologies.



  • Bachelor's degree expected in a technical discipline or comparable experience

  • Minimum of seven years of web development and integration experience

  • Experience with strongly typed programming languages

  • Demonstrated development experience, consuming APIs, and web services


Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider all qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in connection with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee's race, color, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where Gannett employs employees.

In addition, Gannett Co., Inc. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant's disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in connection with an individuals' application for employment with Gannett Co., Inc. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact Gannett Co., Inc.'s Recruitment Department at Recruit@gannett.com.

Other details



  • Job Family
    Development & Engineering

  • Job Function
    Product

  • Pay Type
    Salary



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