U.S. News & World Report is a multifaceted digital media company dedicated to helping citizens, consumers, business leaders and policy officials make important decisions in their lives. We publish independent reporting, rankings, data journalism and advice that has earned the trust of our readers and users for over 90 years. Our platforms on usnews.com include Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews.

We reach more than 40 million people monthly during moments when they are most in need of expert advice and motivated to act on that advice directly on our platforms. Our signature franchises include our “Best” series of consumer guides on colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, diets, cars, financial services and more. These guides provide an easy-to-digest list for consumers to better understand and compare when making their decisions. We continue to publish annual guides of the authoritative Best Colleges and Best Hospitals rankings on our website and in print. And our U.S. News Live flagship conferences highlight important national conversations including Healthcare of Tomorrow and Healthiest Communities.

We believe in having a broad range of talent and backgrounds at U.S. News. We strive to maintain a welcoming workplace where everyone is given an opportunity to succeed and contribute to their fullest. Learn more about our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative.

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Team Lead with an interest in building dynamic, data-driven products. You will lead a team of developers dedicated to one of our consumer or B2B product teams and would be responsible for the success of many of their technology projects.

The developers at U.S. News have a great deal of independence and a minimum of overhead. By leveraging React.js, Python, AWS cloud, Google BigQuery, data science and other latest technologies, you’ll be driving a major transformation within U.S. News.

Are you up to the challenge?

This position requires comfort working hands-on with frontend and backend web technologies. Our developers thrive in a collaborative environment but also excel at solving challenges independently. We use many different technologies and operate in many different environments, and we work together with designers, analysts, stakeholders, and testers to build products as efficiently and effectively as possible. We also believe in perpetual self-improvement, and expect our employees to continue to work towards developing their own skills and the skills of those around them.

As a team lead, you will be:

Responsible for a team of developers working with one of our verticals
Advise the product managers, mentor and manage your developers
Make code architecture decisions, keep your team organized and focused, and keep your projects on track
Manage the team and be a contributing member of the development team.

You should definitely have:

Minimum eight years of similar or related experience inclusive of 5+ years of experience in a web development role
A Bachelor’s degree from U.S. accredited institution, preferred
Modern JavaScript frameworks, such as React
Web styling with CSS preprocessors or CSS-in-JS
Modern JavaScript patterns and ES6
Server-side technologies, such as Python, Java, or NodeJS
Databases, such as PostgreSQL
Unix-based operating systems, such as Linux or Mac OS X, along with the shells and command-line tools available in those environments
Version control, such as Git

It would be nice if you had:

Technical leadership or other personnel management
CICD pipelines such as Jenkins
Cloud environments such as AWS
Data ingestion/transformation

What it’s like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset! We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training
Collaborative Work Environment : Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers

Other Job Info:

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
U.S. News & World Report strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters).
Preference for Washington, DC based applicants to work a hybrid schedule. Remote applicants will be considered.
The anticipated base salary for this position is $100,000 to $140,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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