Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Systems

Overview

Vox Media builds smart media brands people love, empowering trusted digital voices with proprietary technology to create and distribute stories to an audience of hundreds of millions of young adults worldwide. Vox Media is eight distinct brands: The Verge (Technology and Culture), Vox (General News), SB Nation (Sports), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Polygon (Gaming), Racked (Shopping), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Curbed (Real Estate and Home), and Recode (Technology and Business).

As a senior full-stack engineer focused in Systems Engineering, you will report directly to the Director of Systems Engineering and collaborate on the vision, development, and implementation of the team’s software products in developer experience and application security. You will also be responsible for mentoring and supporting other engineers and play in active role in evaluating technical design and architecture across the organization.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical degree or 4+ year’s equivalent technology experience
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• 3+ years of experience developing applications in Ruby on Rails 3.0 or higher
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership role on a software development team
• Experience building applications for a major web platform

Preferred Qualifications

• Worked on small development teams and with remote team members
• Knowledge and experience with service oriented architecture
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools, infrastructure and processes using Jenkins
• Experience working with docker container technology
• Experience with AWS or similar public cloud technologies
• Experience with ElasticSearch and/or Solr
• Experience working in a media company
• Experience in creating basic GUI front-ends for services using HTML5, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, and/or NodeJS

For more on the things we’re building and problems we’re solving, and what it’s like to work on the Vox product team, see our product team blog.

About working at Vox Media: This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits—including flexible hours and generous parental leave. Vox Media strives to provide comprehensive healthcare options for our employees and to ensure that our healthcare and other benefits are LGBTQ-inclusive. You’ll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that’s challenging and fun—and who strive to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply.  Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.