Senior Frontend Engineer

ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP

VICE Media Group is the world’s largest independent youth media company.  Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 25 offices around the world.  VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women;  PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin;  i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining fashion and contemporary culture; and Garage, a digital platform and biannual publication converging the worlds of art and design.

VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women;  PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin;  i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining fashion and contemporary culture; and Garage, a digital platform and biannual publication converging the worlds of art and design.

OVERVIEW 

VICE’s Front End team is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Front End Engineer to join our Williamsburg office to focus on the development of our editorial properties. The role will have the opportunity to influence a large number of projects that reach across the entire VICE ecosystem. Our front-end stack is built on NextJS, (Typescript, React); driven by GraphQL. We also utilize React Storybook in our design process. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with a microservices architecture with expert-level knowledge in all aspects of front end web development, along with mentoring a team of talented engineers. 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Implement modern and elegant design patterns as it pertains to feature development and code maintainability. 
• Collaborate on and produce consistently clean and measurably performant code. ● Build and maintain reusable javascript components while adhering to coding standards and best practices. 
• Create unit tests using frameworks like karma / mocha / chai / jest. 
• Experience with working with GraphQL, including building and optimizing queries. ● Intimately familiar with Chrome/Firefox/Safari dev tools and how to profile performance. ● Diagnose technical issues with confidence and communicate resolutions effectively ● Mentor engineers as well as interface with other teams within our product and engineering. organization. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• 5+ years of professional development experience. 
• Existing mentorship experience is a plus, but not mandatory. 
• Expert level knowledge of JavaScript (including server-side), ES6+ features, and Redux-type architecture. 
• Experience with NPM and Webpack or Rollup to build and distribute JS modules across multiple applications and code bases. 
• Familiarity with AWS and building large scalable web experiences. 
• Experience with Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration. 
• Experience utilizing React frameworks such as Next.js. 
• Knowledge of UX design, including working with React Storybook is a plus. ● Experience with agile software development and best practices. 
• Proficiency working on a fast-paced team, with product owners, designers and other developers. 
• Ability to work autonomously and comfortably on features from start to finish.

  Working at VICE

  VICE prioritizes the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don’t just “tolerate” differences, we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business. To learn more read the VICE Guide to VICE

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