BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed is the world's leading tech-powered, diversified media company that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally through its cross-platform news and entertainment network. The company produces articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; lifestyle content through brands including Tasty, the world's largest social food network; original reporting and investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News and HuffPost; an industry-leading affiliate business, strategic partnerships, licensing and product development through BuzzFeed Commerce; and original productions across broadcast, cable, SVOD, film and digital platforms for BuzzFeed Studios.

The Role

We're looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead a team, contribute independently, and work with peers from other disciplines including Product, Design, Data, and Infrastructure to build great products. You will be a technical lead and a people manager, directly managing 2-3 software engineers. With a small team to start, you will collaborate across disciplines to create a strategy to grow and retain our news audience while improving on the experience we have today. This is an impactful role that will help establish the future of our news products with a lot of potential for growth. You will report to a Director based in our New York office. We are working remote and we expect to eventually re-open our offices when it is safe to return, in 2022.

You Will

• You'll develop, optimize, and maintain services within the BuzzFeedNews domain
• You'll use a variety of languages and both internal and third-party platforms
• You'll partner with Product, Design, and Data to develop the team roadmap
• You'll work across the company with software engineers, designers, product managers, and data analysts to understand and shape work at all different stages of its lifecycle
• You'll build stable and high performance software

You Have

• You have 3 or more years of experience using and building web rendering services. React experience is a plus, but not required
• You have 1 or more years of experience leading a mission focused team
• You have managed or have interest in managing a team
• You are an experienced engineer who enjoys contributing to and leading technical projects and working with engineers at all levels
• You mentor and help grow the people around you
• You love to ship and iterate, building on insights and data
• You have experience with JavaScript, React, or other modern frontend languages

All job applications must be received through the official BuzzFeed Jobs board (https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/jobs), including referrals. It is BuzzFeed's practice to not schedule job interviews until after an application is submitted through our jobs board.

Life at BuzzFeed

At BuzzFeed, we believe our work benefits from the diverse perspectives of our employees. As such, BuzzFeed celebrates inclusion and is committed to equal opportunity employment. At BuzzFeed, you can expect:

• A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
• An attractive and equitable compensation package, including salary and stock options
• A benefits program featuring PTO, unlimited sick time, comprehensive medical benefits, a family leave policy, access to mental health platforms, retirement plans, gym and wellness discounts, and much more.

BuzzFeed is the world's leading tech-powered media company, with a cross-platform news and entertainment network that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally. We aim to spread truth and joy across the internet by producing articles, lists, quizzes, videos, original series; lifestyle content through brands including Tasty, the world's largest social food network; original reporting and investigative journalism through BuzzFeed News; strategic partnerships, licensing and product development through BuzzFeed Marketing; and original productions across broadcast, cable, SVOD, film and digital platforms for BuzzFeed Studios.

BuzzFeed is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.