At NewsBank, Senior Software Engineers maintain and enhance web applications in an agile, team-oriented environment. Our massive and diverse content set includes newspapers, videos, books, government documents, maps, and more, from all over the world and spanning hundreds of years. NewsBank’s web applications help a broad range of users and partners worldwide to access that content and leverage it for their needs, be it academic research, genealogical research, philanthropic giving, tracking trends, or simply keeping up with the news. Our team collaborates with a wide variety of other teams and individuals at NewsBank, including Product Owners, User Experience, QA/QC, API, Technical Operations, and more. We’re a small team, and your contributions will make a difference right away. Position is remote from your home office.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate in a stimulating environment where your contributions directly impact our success
Play a pivotal role in architecting, developing, and supporting complex web applications
Create clean, efficient, maintainable code that follows best practices and coding standards
Demonstrate holistic comprehension and ownership of complex problems
Work with us on server-side/client side line drawing, API integration, and data management and security in Next.js applications
Engage in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
Ensure product availability, including responding to urgent and significant technical problems both on- and off-hours
Set and meet clear deliverable expectations
Contribute to process improvement discussions
Collaborate effectively with other individuals and teams at the company
Compliance with policies
Keep abreast of technical changes and trends
Help to lead your new team in new directions: investigate a new area of technology, own a particularly complex problem, etc.

Qualifications/Experience

Has at least 5 years’ professional experience in web application software development.
Works and communicates effectively with other developers and development leadership.
Works extremely well with other related teams, both technical and non-technical – Product Owners, User Experience, Customer Service, Marketing, Quality Control, Technical Operations, etc.
Has expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript development ecosystems, specifically Node.js, React, and associated tools.
Experience with building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipeline processes is desired.
Experience with large scale information retrieval is a plus.
Experience with educational software or library software is a plus.
Knowledge or experience using PHP and Drupal is a plus.
Good interpersonal communication skills.

NewsBank, inc. has been a premier information provider for 50 years. Our comprehensive resources meet the diverse research needs of public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, military and government libraries, and professionals around the world.

Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, life and disability insurance, 401k with company match, FSA, holidays, vacation, sick and personal paid time off.

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