Sr. Engineer, Ruby on Rails
Req #14642
Gannett Co.,
Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally focused media and
marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With
an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives
of millions with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and
benefits, and advertiser products and services.
Our current portfolio of media
assets includes USA TODAY, local media organizations in 46 states in the U.S.,
and Newsquest, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with
more than 120 local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing
services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc., which
are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the largest media-owned events
business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures.
To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com.
Sr. Engineer, Ruby on Rails
As a Sr. Engineer-Ruby on Rails, you will be responsible for engineering and supporting our software systems end-to-end, from excellent user experiences to full back-end services built on top of Ruby on Rails. You will need to be able to grasp both product and technical requirements, and have the ability to translate them into working applications and functionality across our platform. You will participate in all phases of the fulfillment cycle: from product definition and design through implementation, debugging, and testing. You will work collaboratively with other team members using Agile methodologies overseeing all technical aspects of the process from inception to launch.
We are a fast-paced engineering team working to build the next generation of Digital Marketing management systems partnering with Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Facebook. If you are profoundly technical, analytical, and eager to build solutions that directly impact the company's core values, we want to talk to you!
Responsibilities:
•Create functional and technical specifications, and develop scalable, tested and reliable Ruby on Rails applications and services
•Analyze, design, and coordinate the development of back-end services, including downstream APIs using Ruby on Rails
•Design and develop a great user experience using modern, performant web technologies using React and state management tools.
•Develop the architecture to validate and de-duplicate complex data sets continuously driving optimizations and improvement.
•Develop new versioned APIs that will be used to consume other APIs
•Assist in transfering APIs to Java microservices
•Ensure clear/straightforward design and comprehensive documentation of code that results in clean, concise, and maintainable software.
•Integrate internal, as well as third-party web services and components
•Consistently follow and continue to help improve our engineering processes, including code reviews, deployment, and issue tracking
•Work closely with the Product and Design teams as part of an Agile Development process
•Act as a mentor in a collaborative environment
Preferred Skills and Experience:
•BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
•Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer using multiple technologies/ frameworks
•Strong understanding of technologies in our stack: Rails/React/Java/SQL/git
•Hands-on back-end microservices, middleware & REST API development
•Extensive knowledge with third-party API integrations
•Experience in front-end development using React and JavaScript
•Knowledge of source code management tools, ticketing systems, and wikis for collaboration on code, e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git a big plus.
•Experience with Agile processes such as SCRUM or Kanban.
•Ability to be a self-starter, work as part of a larger team, or independently.
•Experience or exposure to development techniques that drive high code coverage and craftsmanship, e.g., TDD, code reviews, continuous integration
•Comfortable working in a modern software engineering environment with distributed source control, and a dev/staging/prod release cycle
•Strong test writing experience
•Focused on clean code craftsmanship
Gannett Co., Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are a drug free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, education, political affiliation, or veteran status.
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- Job Family Software Engineering
- Job Function Technology
- Pay Type Salary