We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Subscriptions team at The Washington Post. This role spans the full application stack with a strong emphasis on frontend applications and customer-facing experiences. You will design and build modern web applications primarily using React and TypeScript, while also contributing to backend services built with Java and Node.js and the AWS infrastructure and deployment systems that support them.
As a senior engineer, you will take ownership of complex technical work from design through production, contribute to architectural decisions, and help improve the quality, performance, reliability, accessibility, and maintainability of the applications our subscription products depend on.
The ideal candidate brings strong frontend engineering experience, particularly with React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, along with practical experience working with backend services and APIs. You should be able to contribute to Java and Node.js applications and be comfortable with AWS, CI/CD, observability, and production operations. This is a frontend-focused role, but you should be capable of delivering effectively across the full stack.
We value autonomy, initiative, strong technical judgment, clear communication, and meaningful day-to-day use of AI-assisted engineering tools, including continually finding new ways to apply AI to software development, automation, operations, and team effectiveness.
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Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the software you build and the customer experiences it supports.
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Passionate about designing accessible, performant, reliable, and maintainable frontend applications.
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Enjoys solving complex frontend and full-stack problems and driving work from design through production.
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Comfortable working across React applications, backend services and APIs, AWS infrastructure, and production operations.
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Proactive and comfortable driving complex work with a high degree of autonomy.
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Interested in understanding how applications operate in production rather than treating deployment and infrastructure as separate concerns.
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Actively uses AI in day-to-day engineering and continually looks for ways to expand its impact on development, testing, automation, troubleshooting, and productivity.
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Enjoys collaborating across engineering, product, and design while mentoring other engineers and communicating technical decisions clearly.