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Dotdash Meredith · 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, 1

New York, NY - 225 Liberty Street

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$145K/yr - $170K/yr

4+ years exp

Dotdash Meredith is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and scale mission-critical pieces of their publishing platform. The role involves developing backend services and collaborating in an Agile environment to enhance their mobile application.

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Responsibilities

Independently design and develop new backend services and features that seamlessly connect our mobile applications with in-house content-management systems

Collaborate with frontend, QA, and product teams to define API contracts, data structures, authentication, and overall technical direction

Architect and execute complex feature builds from technical design and code-level implementation through to final integration

Proactively identify and implement improvements for performance bottlenecks and technical debt in existing backend services

Maintain high quality standards by actively participating in and leading code/design reviews, writing unit and end-to-end tests, and guiding technical conversations

Drive technical progress on projects to ensure applications meet performance requirements and utilize the most effective technologies

Research new technologies and approaches to solve complex problems and improve existing systems

Contribute to team knowledge-sharing and process improvement initiatives

Qualification

Node.jsTypeScriptRESTful APIsNoSQL databasesCloud platformsMicroservices architectureContainerizationSystem designSecurity best practicesAgile methodology

Required

4+ years of proven experience developing and maintaining server-side applications, with strong technical proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js for building and maintaining RESTful APIs and backend services, ideally within a microservices architecture

Experience managing and optimizing data storage with NoSQL databases (e.g., Firestore), including maintaining performance, data consistency, and managing large datasets via optimized queries, indexes, and transactions

Comfortable deploying and monitoring services in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or native cloud solutions, and proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines

Familiar with security challenges in mobile app development, able to implement secure authentication/authorization (e.g., JWT, OAuth, Device Attestation), and protect backend services from common web vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS, SQL injection, DDoS)

Good understanding of system design and architecture fundamentals, with experience in containerization (e.g., Docker), orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and familiarity with serverless architectures/functions-as-a-service

Ability to independently identify and troubleshoot complex issues, and seek collaborative input to create optimal solutions

Ability to translate business/product requirements into clear technical approaches and concepts, and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

Comfortable working and proactively communicating in a distributed team environment