Web Engineer
Haystacknews
Posted: April 17, 2024
Interested in this position?
Create a free account to apply with AI-powered matching
Quick Summary
Join Haystack News as a Web Engineer to work with Stanford & Carnegie Mellon alumni in Silicon Valley, learn from the best startups in the world, and be part of a fast-growing TV startup.
Required Skills
Job Description
Haystack News is the leading local & world news service on Connected TVs reaching millions of users! This is a unique opportunity to work at Haystack News, one of the fastest-growing TV startups in the world. We are already preloaded on 37% of all TVs shipped in the US!
Be part of a Silicon Valley startup and work directly with the founding team. Jumpstart your career by working with Stanford & Carnegie Mellon alumni and faculty who have already been part of other successful startups in Silicon Valley.
You should join us if you're hungry to learn how Silicon Valley startups thrive, you like to ship quickly and often, love to solve challenging problems, and like working in small teams.
See how Haystack is leveraging AI at Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91017834/ai-is-coming-for-your-local-weather-report
Responsibilities:
• Develop new features and maintain code for Haystack’s Web and HTML-based SmartTV apps
• Collaborate with UI/UX team, QA, and other stakeholders to carry through development during sprint cycles
• Work on architectural improvements to the company’s web-based platforms and participate in design reviews
• Code review peers work
• Implement unit tests and other quality measures to ensure code is released safely and with high performance
• Optimize code where necessary to speed up the app and increase performance
• Monitor production app for errors to ensure everything is running smoothly for customers
Qualifications and requirements
• Strong written and spoken English are a must!
• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with over 2 years of related professional work experience
• Strong software engineering skills with expertise in Javascript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with Javascript/Typescript
• Experience with React, Redux, React-Router
• Experience with Jquery and DOM manipulation.
• Experience with Node JS and Express or similar frameworks
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong communication skills (No Agencies Please)
Some of our perks:
• Travel to team's offsite events
• 100% paid Uber rides to go to the office
• Learn about multiple platforms