Senior Software Engineer
Core
Senior Full Stack Engineer owning the full lifecycle of subscription products, focusing on cloud infrastructure, delivery systems, and operational practices.
Role type
Senior IC Full Stack Engineer (Cloud/DevOps focus)
Builds
Subscription products and supporting services for The Washington Post
Domain
Media & Publishing / Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
Required skills
AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Java, Node.js, React, Jenkins, Airflow, Docker, ECS, Observability, On-call incident response, AI-assisted engineering
Preferred skills
AWS CDK, DataDog, Platform engineering, Mentoring
Technologies
AWS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Jenkins, Airflow, React, Node.js, Java, Docker, AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, DataDog
Responsibilities
Design, build, test, deploy, and operate applications and services supporting subscription products; Design and maintain scalable, reliable AWS infrastructure; Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; Configure and operate self-hosted engineering platforms like Jenkins and Airflow; Develop backend services and APIs using Java and Node.js; Establish strong observability and diagnose complex issues; Participate in on-call rotation for incident response; Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
