{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5aa89522a4b56d85929804c7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5aa89522a4b56d85929804c7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5aa89522a4b56d85929804c7","title":"Full Stack Software Engineer, Subscriptions 2","description":"Join the future of news\n\nWe’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.\n\nAbout Our Team\n\nThe Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.\n\nWhy This Role Matters\n\nWe are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Subscriptions team at The Washington Post. This role is centered on building and evolving high-quality customer-facing web experiences while contributing across the full application stack. You will own meaningful features and technical work, collaborate on engineering decisions, and help build reliable, maintainable systems that support our subscription products.\n\nThe ideal candidate has strong experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript, along with experience in Java - our primary backend language - and Node.js. You should be comfortable working across AWS, CI/CD, production systems, and monorepo-based codebases. We value initiative, collaboration, strong communication, and meaningful day-to-day use of AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development, problem solving, and effectiveness.\n\nWhat Motivates You\n\nStrong sense of ownership and accountability for the customer experiences and systems you build.\n\nPassionate about creating reliable, performant, accessible, and maintainable web applications.\n\nProactive and comfortable taking ownership of features and technical problems.\n\nInterested in working across frontend applications, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and production operations.\n\nActively uses AI as part of day-to-day engineering and looks for new ways to improve development, quality, and productivity.\n\nEnjoys collaborating with others, sharing knowledge, and communicating technical ideas clearly.\n\nHow You'll Support the Mission\n\nDesign, build, test, deploy, and operate customer-facing subscription experiences using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.\n\nContribute to frontend engineering decisions involving component design, state management, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.\n\nBuild and integrate with backend services and APIs, primarily in Java, while contributing to Node.js services, tooling, and automation where appropriate.\n\nOwn features and technical solutions from implementation through deployment, observability, production support, and continuous improvement.\n\nWork effectively within monorepo-based codebases, contributing to shared libraries, tooling, build systems, and development practices.\n\nContribute to AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and developer tooling that support reliable software delivery.\n\nHelp operate and improve engineering platforms and services such as Jenkins and Airflow.\n\nParticipate in the team's on-call rotation, including incident response, troubleshooting, and follow-up improvements.\n\nCollaborate with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver effective solutions.\n\nCommunicate progress, technical decisions, risks, and dependencies clearly and proactively.\n\nUse AI throughout the engineering lifecycle and explore effective ways to apply it to implementation, testing, debugging, investigation, documentation, and automation.\n\nThe Skills and Experience You Bring\nMinimum Qualifications\n\nBA/BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n2+ years of professional software engineering experience building and supporting production applications.\n\n2+ years of frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript.\n\nExperience building or integrating with backend services and APIs, preferably using Java.\n\nExperience with Node.js in areas such as services, APIs, automation, build tooling, or developer tooling.\n\nSolid understanding of frontend engineering fundamentals, including component design, state management, testing, performance, accessibility, responsive design, and web standards.\n\nExperience working in shared or monorepo-based codebases and contributing to common libraries, dependencies, or development tooling.\n\nFamiliarity with AWS, CI/CD, and production observability concepts.\n\nExperience troubleshooting and supporting production applications.\n\nAbility to independently deliver well-defined features and technical tasks while seeking guidance when working through more complex or unfamiliar problems.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders.\n\nExperience using AI-assisted engineering tools in day-to-day development. Candidates should be able to discuss examples of using AI for coding, debugging, testing, investigation, documentation, automation, or learning.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n3+ years of professional software engineering experience building production applications.\n\nStrong experience with React and modern frontend development.\n\nExperience developing backend services or APIs using Java.\n\nExperience with Node.js for application development, tooling, or automation.\n\nFamiliarity with frontend performance, accessibility, testing strategies, design systems, or reusable component architecture.\n\nExperience working in monorepos or other shared-code environments with common libraries, build systems, and dependencies.\n\nExperience contributing across frontend applications, backend services, and cloud-based systems.\n\nFamiliarity with AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, containerized workloads, or technologies such as ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, or CloudWatch.\n\nFamiliarity with CI/CD, observability, or developer platforms such as Jenkins, Airflow, or DataDog.\n\nExperience participating in production support or an on-call rotation.\n\nDemonstrated curiosity and practical experience with AI-assisted engineering, including experimenting with new tools and finding ways to improve development efficiency and quality.\n\nCollaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\n\nWherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:\n\nCompetitive medical, dental and vision coverage\n\nCompany-paid pension and 401(k) match\n\nThree weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave\n\nNine paid holidays and two personal days\n\n20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent\n\nRobust mental health resources\n\nBackup care and caregiver concierge services\n\nGender affirming services\n\nPet insurance\n\nFree Post digital subscription\n\nLeadership and career development programs\n\nBenefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.\n\nThe salary range for this position is:\n\n$98,800 - $164,600 Annual\n\nThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.\n\nYour story awaits. Apply today!\n\nLearn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.","company":"Washington Post","rawCompany":"washington post","city":"Washington","state":"DC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-03T10:05:30.314Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Full Stack Software Engineer, Subscriptions 2","description":"Join the future of news\n\nWe’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.\n\nAbout Our Team\n\nThe Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.\n\nWhy This Role Matters\n\nWe are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join the Subscriptions team at The Washington Post. This role is centered on building and evolving high-quality customer-facing web experiences while contributing across the full application stack. You will own meaningful features and technical work, collaborate on engineering decisions, and help build reliable, maintainable systems that support our subscription products.\n\nThe ideal candidate has strong experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript, along with experience in Java - our primary backend language - and Node.js. You should be comfortable working across AWS, CI/CD, production systems, and monorepo-based codebases. We value initiative, collaboration, strong communication, and meaningful day-to-day use of AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development, problem solving, and effectiveness.\n\nWhat Motivates You\n\nStrong sense of ownership and accountability for the customer experiences and systems you build.\n\nPassionate about creating reliable, performant, accessible, and maintainable web applications.\n\nProactive and comfortable taking ownership of features and technical problems.\n\nInterested in working across frontend applications, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and production operations.\n\nActively uses AI as part of day-to-day engineering and looks for new ways to improve development, quality, and productivity.\n\nEnjoys collaborating with others, sharing knowledge, and communicating technical ideas clearly.\n\nHow You'll Support the Mission\n\nDesign, build, test, deploy, and operate customer-facing subscription experiences using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.\n\nContribute to frontend engineering decisions involving component design, state management, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.\n\nBuild and integrate with backend services and APIs, primarily in Java, while contributing to Node.js services, tooling, and automation where appropriate.\n\nOwn features and technical solutions from implementation through deployment, observability, production support, and continuous improvement.\n\nWork effectively within monorepo-based codebases, contributing to shared libraries, tooling, build systems, and development practices.\n\nContribute to AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and developer tooling that support reliable software delivery.\n\nHelp operate and improve engineering platforms and services such as Jenkins and Airflow.\n\nParticipate in the team's on-call rotation, including incident response, troubleshooting, and follow-up improvements.\n\nCollaborate with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver effective solutions.\n\nCommunicate progress, technical decisions, risks, and dependencies clearly and proactively.\n\nUse AI throughout the engineering lifecycle and explore effective ways to apply it to implementation, testing, debugging, investigation, documentation, and automation.\n\nThe Skills and Experience You Bring\nMinimum Qualifications\n\nBA/BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n2+ years of professional software engineering experience building and supporting production applications.\n\n2+ years of frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript.\n\nExperience building or integrating with backend services and APIs, preferably using Java.\n\nExperience with Node.js in areas such as services, APIs, automation, build tooling, or developer tooling.\n\nSolid understanding of frontend engineering fundamentals, including component design, state management, testing, performance, accessibility, responsive design, and web standards.\n\nExperience working in shared or monorepo-based codebases and contributing to common libraries, dependencies, or development tooling.\n\nFamiliarity with AWS, CI/CD, and production observability concepts.\n\nExperience troubleshooting and supporting production applications.\n\nAbility to independently deliver well-defined features and technical tasks while seeking guidance when working through more complex or unfamiliar problems.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders.\n\nExperience using AI-assisted engineering tools in day-to-day development. Candidates should be able to discuss examples of using AI for coding, debugging, testing, investigation, documentation, automation, or learning.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n3+ years of professional software engineering experience building production applications.\n\nStrong experience with React and modern frontend development.\n\nExperience developing backend services or APIs using Java.\n\nExperience with Node.js for application development, tooling, or automation.\n\nFamiliarity with frontend performance, accessibility, testing strategies, design systems, or reusable component architecture.\n\nExperience working in monorepos or other shared-code environments with common libraries, build systems, and dependencies.\n\nExperience contributing across frontend applications, backend services, and cloud-based systems.\n\nFamiliarity with AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, containerized workloads, or technologies such as ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, or CloudWatch.\n\nFamiliarity with CI/CD, observability, or developer platforms such as Jenkins, Airflow, or DataDog.\n\nExperience participating in production support or an on-call rotation.\n\nDemonstrated curiosity and practical experience with AI-assisted engineering, including experimenting with new tools and finding ways to improve development efficiency and quality.\n\nCollaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\n\nWherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:\n\nCompetitive medical, dental and vision coverage\n\nCompany-paid pension and 401(k) match\n\nThree weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave\n\nNine paid holidays and two personal days\n\n20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent\n\nRobust mental health resources\n\nBackup care and caregiver concierge services\n\nGender affirming services\n\nPet insurance\n\nFree Post digital subscription\n\nLeadership and career development programs\n\nBenefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.\n\nThe salary range for this position is:\n\n$98,800 - $164,600 Annual\n\nThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.\n\nYour story awaits. Apply today!\n\nLearn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.","datePosted":"2026-09-03T10:05:30.314Z","dateModified":"2026-09-03T10:05:30.314Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Washington Post","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Washington","addressRegion":"DC","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"5aa89522a4b56d85929804c7"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5aa89522a4b56d85929804c7"}}