Senior Software Engineer, Commerce

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The Role:

BuzzFeed’s Commerce team is looking for a full stack developer who is passionate about building software and excited to make a visible and tangible impact on the company’s revenue. As a part of the Commerce team, you’ll be working closely with product, design, and data science to deliver a wide range of digital products aiming to grow BuzzFeed’s affiliate partnerships, licensed products, merchandise and syndicated content.

Our mission is to find new ways to monetize BuzzFeed content and the content of our portfolio of brands (Tasty.co, shop.buzzfeed.com, homesickcandles.com). BuzzFeed is at a remarkable moment where the recognition of our brands and the quality of content can be leveraged through new channels allowing the company to diversify our revenue streams, create synergies with our advertising business and develop new ways for connecting with our users.

You Will:

  • Play a defining role in building software solutions to better support a growing affiliate marketing business
  • Collaborate with product, design, data science, and other partners to develop solutions to optimize the user experience for a wide range of commerce products
  • Think critically through how to optimize workflows and create turn-key solutions for both the engineering as well as internal user sides
  • Reach across the entire tech stack at BuzzFeed at different points and get a deep understanding of large-scale media companies architecture and operations
  • Architect features requiring integration with new or existing back-end services
  • Write high-quality code and tests to create reliable services

You Have:

  • You are a compassionate engineer who has experience leading technical projects and working with engineers at all levels
  • You excel at leading and delivering on complex projects working with technical and non technical stakeholders
  • You adapt quickly to change and love to ship and iterate
  • You’re not afraid to step into an unfamiliar codebase and start writing/suggesting changes

Our Tech Stack:

  • Languages: Python, JS, PHP (Wordpress)
  • Frameworks: Rails, Express, React, Redux
  • Infrastructure: Heroku, AWS, API Gateway + Lambda, ECS, Shopify
  • Source Control: Git
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch
  • Messaging: SQS, Sideqik
  • Continuous Integration: CircleCI
  • Monitoring / Instrumentation: CloudWatch, NewRelic

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. As a BuzzFeed employee, you can expect:

  • A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth via work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning Team, Employee Resource Groups, and more
  • An attractive compensation package, including salary and equity
  • A generous and well-rounded benefits program featuring PTO and unlimited sick time, comprehensive medical benefits, a family leave policy, access to mental health platforms, retirement plans, gym and wellness discounts, and much more
  • No shortage of snacks, catered lunches, beverages, birthday treats... even leftovers from the Tasty kitchens in LA and NYC!
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