USA TODAY Co., Inc. · 10 hours ago
Senior Developer - API Services
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $160K/yr
2+ years expUSA TODAY Co., Inc. is a diversified media company dedicated to empowering and enriching communities. The Senior Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining backend APIs that support content delivery systems for internal and public consumer products, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance in their architecture.
Newspapers
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy backend APIs in Golang that deliver content to our front-end teams and ultimately to millions of readers
Automate everything, containerize applications with Docker, deploy and scale those containers using k8s, configure clusters and alerts using Terraform
Leverage leading public cloud providers’ tools and services to create efficient, performant, and modern application architectures
Discover new tools and techniques to optimize cost, deployment speed, developer effort, and resource usage
Review PRs and use them as an opportunity to mentor other developers on the team
Participate in Agile ceremonies and plan for sprints with a two-week cadence
Provide operational support for our applications including participation in the team’s on-call rotation
Help establish, improve, and advocate best practices around our application and infrastructure monitoring
Qualification
Required
Design, develop, and deploy backend APIs in Golang that deliver content to our front-end teams and ultimately to millions of readers
Automate everything, containerize applications with Docker, deploy and scale those containers using k8s, configure clusters and alerts using Terraform
Leverage leading public cloud providers' tools and services to create efficient, performant, and modern application architectures
Discover new tools and techniques to optimize cost, deployment speed, developer effort, and resource usage
Review PRs and use them as an opportunity to mentor other developers on the team
Participate in Agile ceremonies and plan for sprints with a two-week cadence
Provide operational support for our applications including participation in the team's on-call rotation
Help establish, improve, and advocate best practices around our application and infrastructure monitoring
Collaborate to design and implement well-tested, performant applications with an emphasis on concurrency
Use and leverage Agile methodologies
Ship API solutions implementing GraphQL and REST at scale via a collection of services
Write scalable software using Golang (experience with Ruby, Node, Python or similar languages/environments is a plus.)
Automate deployment and scaling using Terraform and Kubernetes
Did we mention testing? You will be creating a lot of effective unit and integration tests
Experience as a self-starter that thrives in a remote-friendly environment
At least 2 years' experience creating and maintaining software platforms and deployments. We believe in DevOps - We run what we build
Experience developing APIs, SDKs, and CLI tooling
Experience with Agile methodologies, test driven development, CI/CD, and version control
Experience building and enhancing configuration driven systems using tools like Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Salt or other comparable technologies
Company
USA TODAY Co., Inc.
USA TODAY Co., Inc.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Michelle Crossman
Manager of Columbus Magazines Group- Columbus Monthly, Columbus CEO, Columbus Weddings
Mike Reed
Chairman / CEO
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