Senior Full Stack JavaScript Developer

Summary

Join NBC News Digital Technology as a Sr. Full-Stack JavaScript Developer and play a critical role in the digital evolution of one of the world’s best-known news organizations. You will extend and maintain a data gathering framework used across multiple platforms. Lead within the analytics framework team, mentor junior developers, and collaborate with other teams. This fully remote position requires 5+ years of software development experience, strong JavaScript proficiency, and a passion for media and news. The role involves maintaining analytics frameworks, providing tools and documentation, working with data engineers and analysts, and communicating with stakeholders. NBCUniversal offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

• Embrace a ‘builder’ mentality to automate processes, and push the business forward
• 5+ years experience in a software developer role
• Strong JavaScript proficiency with frameworks and vanilla
• Proficient deploying and maintaining node packages
• Familiarity with web analytics solutions
• Proficient with Linux environment
• Passion for media and news
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Maintain JavaScript framework for web and mobile analytics reporting
• Provide tools and documentation such as browser extensions, web tools and software packages for cross team developers to implement analytics
• Be Knowledgeable of how our data is collected on all platforms and what it means
• Maintain testing of analytics and 3rd party tags based primarily on network requests
• Work closely with Data Engineers and Analysts to predict what data will be valuable most broadly
• Demonstrate critical thinking for potential roadblocks; comprehend a bigger picture of the business and effectively communicate these issues to stakeholders
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to implement solutions that adhere to solution designs and schema
• Understanding of modern cloud computing platforms and concepts (AWS preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing reporting such as Adobe Analytics and Mparticle
• Experience with cypress network testing
• Experience with AMP development
• Experience with streaming video analytics
• Proficiency in Python

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks
• Fully Remote