Summary
Join Axios, a respected media company, as a Senior Frontend Engineer in our Application Development organization. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, trustworthy content to our users by architecting and developing new and existing codebases. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and stay updated on industry best practices. This role requires experience building large-scale frontend applications, proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frameworks, and a passion for user-focused development. Axios offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.
Requirements
- Experience building large, high-traffic frontend applications, with a sharp eye toward responsive and accessible user experiences
- Fluency in TypeScript or JavaScript with strong foundation with a modern front end library, such as React, and a framework like Next.js
- Proven ability to ship high quality and testable code using Jest, React Testing Library and Storybook
- Experience with REST API development and best practices for API design
- Experience working on cross-functional agile teams where you advocate for technical needs as well as the best solution to the problems at hand
- Specific passion for user-focused and data-driven decision making
- Experience working on front end web performance, SEO and accessibility
- Experience with TDD and up-front tech design planning
- Experience working with asset management, content management, ad tech, and A/B testing solutions
- Caching and multi-layered caching strategies (e.g. redis, Varnish, but also Cloudflare)
- A passion for media and building award-winning brands
Responsibilities
- Architect and build significant features across the Axios web site, content/media management systems, and feeds
- Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code
- Advocate for best practices, automation over repetition, the best technical approaches, and when to build vs buy
- Collaborate with Axiosβ platform engineers, test engineers, product managers, and product designers to ensure we quickly and safely ship and iterate on high-quality products
- Mentor and coach members of the team through pair-programming and empathetic code review
- Share knowledge through presenting at guild meetings and demoing to team members and stakeholders
- Stay up to date with industry trends and advise the team on best practices
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with using AI to optimize workflows
Benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios βFamily Fundβ, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture