Senior Software Engineer

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Ziff Davis

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1927

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

💰 $650M Post-IPO Debt on 2017-06

Consulting • Healthcare • Marketing

Ziff Davis is a multi-billion dollar digital media and internet company, home to over 40 leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, connectivity, health and wellness, cybersecurity, and martech. With a focus on mergers and acquisitions, Ziff Davis has deployed around $3 billion in capital, leveraging its deep industry knowledge, technological expertise, and investment acumen. The company is committed to corporate responsibility, emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as environmental, social, and governance practices. Ziff Davis serves millions of customers worldwide, offering a diverse range of digital media and internet services.

📋 Description

• Architect, build, and deploy new features for Dwell’s custom JavaScript-based Content Management System to support editorial workflows and digital storytelling • Design, write, and optimize complex MySQL queries, schemas, and migrations to ensure high data integrity and sub-second retrieval times for high-traffic pages • Write clean, highly maintainable frontend and backend JavaScript code, translating UI/UX designs from Figma into responsive, accessible web pages • Own the development, maintenance, and continuous optimization of user-generated content (UGC) features, subscriber membership programs, and secure transactional workflows • Collaborate with the Product team to build custom tooling for editors, integrate third-party APIs, and optimize our digital monetization and ad-delivery frameworks • Proactively monitor application health, resolve production bugs, tackle technical debt, and optimize for Core Web Vitals and SEO best practices • Participate actively in sprint planning, technical scoping, and peer code reviews to uphold high engineering standards across the team

🎯 Requirements

• 3–7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and maintaining high-traffic web applications • Deep, production-level expertise in JavaScript (ES6+, asynchronous patterns, Node.js) and relational database design via MySQL • Strong command of modern HTML5, CSS3/Sass, the DOM, and browser rendering behavior • Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, client-server architecture, caching strategies, and web security fundamentals (CSRF, XSS, SQL Injection prevention) • Proficiency with Git version control, branch management, and modern CI/CD deployment pipelines • A pragmatic approach to debugging complex legacy code combined with the foresight to build scalable, modern solutions • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical editorial and product stakeholders. • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical field experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness-focused benefits • work-life balance with paid time off when you need it • Employee Resource Groups • company-sponsored events • regular opportunities for professional growth through educational support, mentorship programs, and career development resources • employee engagement programs and recognition awards