Senior JavaScript Engineer

Department: Product Development
Corporate Area: Digital
Status: Full time/Project/Exempt. This position is fully funded through November 2023.
Supervisor: Director of Technology
Location: PBS HQ Arlington, VA, remote eligible

What PBS has for you:

We're a small team responsible for big projects. We're hiring an experienced frontend engineer to build video products on Smart TVs using web technologies. For this role, "build" means:

Direct client architecture
Review code
Write code

This role will be an engineer who works closely with the design and product management teams. Perks include amazing co-workers, a remote-work friendly environment, a humane work-life balance, and meaningful work.

If you're interested in delivering content meant to "educate, inspire, entertain, and express the diversity of perspectives," please consider yourself a candidate.

You are ideal if:

You want to share the challenge of delivering millions of video streams every week. You've seen the hazards of bad client-side state management and have reveled in bringing order to the chaos. We embrace JavaScript and use React for client-side code, but other persuasions are encouraged to apply. You can speak to the interactions between web clients and their upstream dependencies. An ideal candidate will have the following characteristics:

Enthusiastic: We work at a company that affects positive change. Let's act like it!
Collaborative: You're smart and communicative enough to mentor junior engineers. You can accept feedback from engineers that have had different experiences than you.
Humbly opinionated: You bring what you know to the table and are willing to learn more.
Lifelong learner: An inquisitive nature drives you.

Come work with us:

To us, "Senior" means that you've shepherded several projects by:

Making decisions on the tech stack and living with the consequences
Trailblazing a path through the tricky bits of code for both the product and less experienced developers
Coordinating engineers on your project and communicating with teams of dependency projects

If you want to work with a smart group and get things done, please start by clicking the button below. Please include some samples of your work in your application: code, blog posts, and links to personal or professional sites.

Note: PBS staff are currently working remotely. We are open to considering candidates outside of the Washington DC metropolitan area.

Must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by date of hire to be considered. Proof of vaccination required.

PBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with the EEOC and the Commonwealth of Virginia

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