Join the future of news

We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.

About Our Team

The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.

Why This Role Matters

The Washington Post is looking for a curious and impact-driven engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment. In this role, you will work on the Site Engineering team and have an opportunity to build features across The Washington Post’s digital surfaces. The team is full stack, working with React and modern JavaScript on the front end and Python on the backend. This role requires working closely with the newsroom’s editorial staff and its publishing systems.

What Motivates You

• You have a passion for writing flexible and reusable code and you are energized by working across the full stack.

• You're a continuous learner, committed to regularly improving your craft and embracing new technologies and best practices.

• You’re a collaborative learner and enjoy working with your colleagues to solve hard problems.

• You want to make a meaningful impact by shaping how people consume news.

How You'll Support The Mission

• Deliver value to our users by implementing features and maintaining applications across our stack.

• Ensure high-quality, maintainable code by writing clean, performant, and well-documented software and regularly reviewing colleagues’ code.

• Engage with your fellow engineers to create and maintain a dynamic and scalable architecture.

• Be curious about our cloud infrastructure, AWS, experiment and learn how it supports our implementations.

• This role requires limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule is on a rotating basis and will be determined a couple of months after you join, taking into account team size and other variables.

The Skills and Experience You Bring
It’s okay not to meet 100% of these requirements! We’re primarily looking for people who meet most of these requirements and are motivated to learn new technologies and expand their skill set.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, an equivalent field, or equivalent professional experience.

• A minimum of 2 years of professional software development experience in a team setting.

• Proficiency in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern front-end development technology and best practices.

• Experience working with Python.

• Comfort with command line (Unix & Linux) navigation and revision tracking (Git)

• Knowledge about DevOps technologies such as Docker and Jenkins.

• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as S3, EC2, ELB, SES, and CloudWatch.

• Experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.

Collaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.

Compensation and Benefits

Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage

• Company-paid pension and 401(k) match

• Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave

• Nine paid holidays and two personal days

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent

• Robust mental health resources

• Backup care and caregiver concierge services

• Gender affirming services

• Pet insurance

• Free Post digital subscription

• Leadership and career development programs

Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.

The salary range for this position is:

The actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.