Job TitleSenior Software Engineer 1 (SE4), Customer Platform, User ServicesJob DescriptionDOTDASH MEDIA INC. has an opening for a Senior Software Engineer 1 (SE4), Customer Platform, User Services in New York, NY. The position duties are as follows:  Work collaboratively with peers to build and maintain the User Registration and User Management platforms critical to Dotdash Meredith enterprise architecture. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to design and implement technical and functional designs to meet business objectives. Daily job duties include:<ul><li>Build backend systems for management and security of both known users across Dotdash Meredith websites and publications, as well as inter-service enterprise integration;</li><li>Stay abreast of the latest in cloud application security;</li><li>Design and implement new services, APIs, and operational monitoring functions; </li><li>Own production services, investigate and resolve issues, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies;</li><li>Collaborate closely with other engineers, designers, and product managers to define innovative ways to improve software services and reduce costs;</li><li>Actively participate in technical mentorship with engineers on the team by performing thorough code reviews, pairing, and architecture reviews of proposed solutions;</li><li>Develop and drive engineering best practices, performance, and scalability;</li><li>Share knowledge with others across the organization through documentation, training, and demos;</li><li>Lead peers through the example of technical and professional excellence, as needed; and    </li><li>Demonstrate passion for code quality and lead by example to produce high quality, performant, and secure software services and applications.</li></ul>The position requires a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, a related field or foreign equivalent, plus 5 years of progressively responsible full-stack developer experience. Experience must include:5 years of professional experience independently building and maintaining backend applications, RESTful APIs, and administrative UI tools across the full application lifecycle;5 years of experience developing highly available services that integrate multiple interface/access patterns, support multiple consumers and components, provide high concurrency and low latency, with distributed deployment and global exposure, mindful security measures (e.g. WAF, DDOS protection, rate limiting), running in a production environment with SLAs;5 years of experience developing and owning services deployed in AWS or equivalent cloud platforms leveraging CI/CD and codified infrastructure;5 years of experience working in an Agile environment to translate user stories into technical tasks and provide estimations of effort;4 years of experience maintaining microservices built upon serverless (e.g. AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, etc.), event-driven (e.g. Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, etc.), and caching (e.g. Redis, Memcached, etc.) technologies;2 years of experience maintaining and administering relational databases (including AWS RDS PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases (including AWS DynamoDB and AWS OpenSearch);2 years experience with Docker, AWS, and GCP;2 years of experience with monitoring and logging tools including Splunk, DataDog, Kibana, and Grafana.Demonstrated experience working in 2+ back-end, or full-stack technology frameworks in at least two languages; andDemonstrated experience delivering technology on schedule, in budget, and translating abstract requirements from non-technical stakeholders into actionable technical steps.This role offers remote work flexibility; however, employees residing within commutable distance of our New York, Des Moines, Birmingham, Los Angeles, Chicago, or Seattle offices are expected to work onsite 3-4 times per month.  Requires travel to NYC or other DDM offices once or twice a year for team collaboration and innovation activities.Offered Wage: $189,592/year It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing <a href="mailto:hr@people.inc" target="_blank">hr@people.inc</a>.The Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: <a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/employees" target="_blank">https://www.e-verify.gov/employees</a>Pay RangeSalary:The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Incs total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death &amp; dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.#NMG#