Software Developer, AccuWeather For Business

COMPANY  

AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania, and other offices around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their lives and get more out of their day through digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as radio, television, newspapers, and the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel and AccuWeather NOW streaming service. AccuWeather serves more than half of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of businesses globally. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites. Among AccuWeather’s many innovative and award-winning features available free to the public are MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy ™, the patented AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature, and AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes.

Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Dr. Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.

SUMMARY 

Want to be part of a team that is a global leader in weather, serving billions of requests monthly? We are looking for a mid-level Software Developer with an interest in and passion for development and problem solving; someone who likes to analyze and build things and tends to be curious about learning how software functions.

Reporting directly to the Manager of Web Technologies, this position will be responsible for developing and maintaining AccuWeather For Business and Subscriptions web applications and interfaces. Leveraging modern technologies and architectural approaches, you will translate business and product needs into world class production code. You will work cross-functionally with Forecasting, Development, Product and other groups, in an Agile-based development environment, to deliver both real-time data and best of breed business experiences that cater to a global audience.

Throughout the first 12-24 months, this role will be focused on developing and maintaining our existing AccuWeather For Business platforms which are written primarily in Go, Angular, Vue.js, and Postgres technologies. As those platforms transition to our Enterprise standard technology stack (.NET, C#, Razor Pages, SQL) this role will make the same transition to help develop and maintain our AFB applications against the standard technology stack.

Remote candidates are being considered for this opportunity.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Develop functional, efficient, and well-structured code, and test artifacts
• Analyze and contribute to technical specifications
• Develop modern web-based components with a focus on performance
• Work closely with Product, Technology, and Design to develop innovative user experiences
• Prototype, test, and iterate upon new features
• Other duties as assigned
    

QUALIFICATIONS 

• BS/BA in related discipline with 3 years’ experience in related field
• Proficient in modern programming languages such as Go, C#
• Proficient in web programming languages such as HTML, C#, Razor Pages, CSS, and JavaScript
• Experience building responsive and adaptive layouts and UX
• Experience in modern frontend frameworks (Angular, Vue.js, Razor)
• Experience with SQL (MSSQL, Postgres)
• GIS knowledge preferred for web-based mapping experiences
• Self-driven with good problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to be adaptable and willing to take ownership
• Good verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrates critical thinking and analysis in bringing successful resolution to small-to-moderate projects
• Experience with version control systems and CI/CD processes (Git, Mercurial, SVN – Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Understanding of unit testing frameworks and tools
• Understanding of security principles, standards, and conventions
  
  
• While we are considering remote positions, In the United States AccuWeather is only able to hire team members in the following states due to taxation purposes: CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MN, MS, NE, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY

AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available  here. 

AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.