Sr Engineer

Overview

Altice USA is a cutting-edge communications, media, and tech company. We connect people to what matters most to them; texting with friends, advertising that resonates, or binge watching their favorite show. Our differentiated approach centers around technologies that push the envelope and deliver the ultimate customer experience. We’re building a workforce that attracts and retains the best talent, not only to meet the needs of our customers, but that also reflects the diverse communities we serve. We’re not the only ones who have seen it; we’ve recently been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers as well as by the Human Rights Campaign, DiversityInc Magazine, and Cablefax for our diversity & inclusion program.

Cheddar News feeds viewer’s curiosity about what’s next with live news and original shows covering the people, ideas, and innovations that are shaping their world.  Weekday news covers the latest in business, culture, media, technology, and innovation. Original programming offers viewers an opportunity to explore more and take a deeper dive into topics they find interesting and relevant. Cheddar is available on leading pay TV systems and OTT platforms. It is also available on all leading free TV platforms and over 40 broadcast stations reaching over 40 million homes.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced software engineer to help us build and grow Cheddar's thriving business news network and News 12's world-class hyperlocal network. You'll be joining a lean team of passionate engineers andd esigners who care deeply about delivering amazing experiences to hundreds of thousands of daily viewers. In this role, you'll have theopportunity to work across a variety of platforms, engaging with cutting edget echnology for web, mobile, OTT, and broadcast. We are looking for someonewho is excited to learn, tackle new challenges, and make an incredible impacton our products.Our stack is primarily Rails with React Relay/Apollo, GraphQL, and a little bit of Go. Our ideal candidate has strong enough ability with Javascript frameworks to jump right in but is more backend focused with experience in Rails, although we are open to a wide range of technical experience. We welcome new ideas, tools, and technologies, and you should be eager tolearn, share, and teach as a part of our collaborative team. This role has the opportunity to grow into a management position for someone interested in that path and will involve mentoring, pairing, and technical leadership with other engineers on our team.

We are excited by what we're building, and we care about the quality of our code, as well as our user experience. We will expect you to balance high standards and thoughtful development with a pragmatic approach to getting things done. Our culture is fast-moving, and engineers who like to work on a wide variety of projects, try new technologies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams thrive with us. If this sounds like you, we'd love to talk.

Qualifications

● At least 5 years of professional experience in software engineering, including some experience with consumer web apps● Experience architecting, developing, and implementing product features and improvements● Enthusiasm for work on both backend and frontend projects● Proficient in Ruby on Rails● Strong familiarity with Javascript and/or Typescript and React● Excited to explore technologies, develop new skills, and share knowledge● Flexible, pragmatic, and oriented toward finding solutions● Experience working with common unit testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, etc).● Communicative, collaborative, and open-minded, with a track record of working cross-functionally

Altice USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Requirements of this position include demonstration of either full vaccination status against COVID-19 or company-provided weekly COVID-19 testing.