Senior Software Engineer, Content Production Technology - Remote

Overview

A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. The NPR audience values information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – and our employees do too. We are innovators and leaders in diverse fields, from journalism and digital media to IT and development. Every day, our employees and member stations touch the lives of millions worldwide.

Across our organization, we’re building a workplace where collaboration is essential, diverse voices are heard, and inclusion is the key to our success. We are committed to doing the right thing in our journalism and in every role at NPR. This means that integrity, adherence to our ethical standards, and compliance with legal obligations are fundamental responsibilities for every employee at NPR.

In Short

• Support the NPR Content Production Technology (CPT) team’s efforts to build planning and production tools for our journalists.
• Write clean, efficient and reusable code based on product requirements.
• Participate in all phases of quality assurance and defect resolution.
• Aid in the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipeline implementations.
• Knowledge share, write technical designs & participate in code reviews.
• Mentor and coach mid-level engineers on code quality and best practices.
• Consult with lead and senior engineers while designing comprehensive solutions.
• Provide input on system design and architecture within the feature areas and services owned by the team.
• Work closely with other software engineers, partner teams, infrastructure engineers, product designers, QA engineers, engineering managers and product managers.
• Improve team/development processes.

Requirements

• Fluency in JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Fluency in C# and the .NET framework.
• Familiarity with SQL and RDBMS technologies.
• Minimum five years of experience as a software engineer or developer.
• Experience in developing and working with RESTful APIs that utilize cloud infrastructure such as AWS.
• Familiarity with orchestration and automated workflows with tools like Conductor or ORKES.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, DynamoDB).
• Ability to develop software that is resilient and performant.
• Strong Object-Oriented programming skills.
• Familiarity with deploying and monitoring production systems.

Benefits

• NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents.
• Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options.
• Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being.
• Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, and short-term disability.
• Voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.