Software Engineering Lead

Software Engineering Lead

Dotdash Meredith Inc. has an opening for a Software Engineering Lead in New York, NY.

• Oversee various projects and day‑to‑day activities of the front‑end development team, providing technical guidance, holding high standards and supporting the team to ensure successful completion of tasks and projects.
• Develop a technical roadmap for the team to keep tech debt in check and consistently maintain and improve codebase health.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to understand project requirements and help address business needs while maintaining engineering standards.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including back‑end developers, to ensure seamless integration of front‑end and back‑end components.
• Collaborate with product, design, QA and backend teams to deliver features aligned with business goals, user experience standards and mobile platform guidelines.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical issues, providing timely and effective solutions to minimize project delays and ensure timely delivery of high‑quality scalable products.
• Lead discussions about project architecture and technical feasibility, make decisions and justify your development approach.
• Contribute to development of cross‑platform mobile applications using React Native, focusing on performance optimization and ensuring code consistency across platforms.
• Participate in cross‑functional meetings and discussions to provide technical insights and contribute to overall project strategy and direction.
• Guide, mentor and support team members to ensure their professional growth and development within the organization.
• Stay up‑to‑date with latest front‑end technologies, trends and best practices, and implement them effectively within the development process.

Role will supervise approx. 3 subordinates with the title of Front‑End Engineers (15‑1252.00 Software Developers occupation code), subject to business needs.

At minimum a 3‑ or 4‑year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, a related technical field or foreign equivalent followed by 5 years of progressively responsible experience in any occupation where front‑end engineering experience was gained.

• 5 years of experience in HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, OOP JavaScript and other relevant front‑end technologies and frameworks (including React and Vue.js).
• 3 years of full stack development experience, including Java and Node.
• 3 years experience working with a component‑based web framework with a server‑side templating aspect (e.g., Vue+Nuxt, React+Next, JSP, FTL, Handlebars).
• 2 years of experience developing or supporting mobile applications using cross‑platform frameworks including React and React Native.
• 2 years of experience with React‑Native tools/frameworks including Redux, Type Script, Jenkins CI/CD and deployment tools.
• 1 year of experience managing or mentoring other developers.

This position is hybrid in‑office, with ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

Offered Wage: $211,675/year

The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees.

Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short‑ and long‑term incentives.

• Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage.
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
• Adoption or surrogate assistance.
• Donation matching.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Basic life insurance.
• Basic accidental death and dismemberment.
• Supplemental life insurance.
• Supplemental accident insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Family care benefits.
• Generous 401(k) savings plan with a company match program.
• 10‑12 paid holidays annually.
• Generous paid parental leave (birthing and non‑birthing parents).
• Pet insurance, accident,…