Tech Stack
AWSCloudDockerEC2Google Cloud PlatformGraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsReactTypeScriptWebpackWordPress
About the role
- Architect and build features for front-end applications, ensuring high-quality digital experiences
- Write, test, debug, and deploy code using TypeScript, JavaScript/Node.js, and React
- Optimize application performance focusing on Google’s Core Web Vitals metrics and CDN caching strategies with Fastly
- Integrate with third-party APIs, particularly RESTful services, to support paywalls, subscriptions, and data reporting
- Enhance content publishing workflows within WordPress-VIP
- Embed security best practices in all coding activities
- Work collaboratively with Design and Product teams to refine user flows and define optimal solutions
- Lead initiatives to improve workflows and development practices and mentor team members
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience with modern web frameworks in the media space
- Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript/Node.js
- Advanced expertise in React
- Intermediate practical knowledge of CI/CD processes, particularly using GitHub Actions
- Sound understanding of AWS services such as ECS, EC2, and ALBs
- Proficient use of module loaders like Webpack, Parcel, and Vite
- Knowledge of security best practices and focus on maintaining high security standards
- Experience with CDNs, specifically Fastly
- Familiarity with REST APIs and integration within Node/React frameworks
- Solid understanding of automated testing frameworks
- Intermediate experience with WordPress, specifically within a WordPress-VIP environment
- Obsessive focus on front-end performance improvements using Google’s Core Web Vitals
- Growth mindset and willingness to engage in constructive debates and collaborative design development