Software Team Lead

Your role

in helping us shape the future :

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Team Lead with an interest in building dynamic, data-driven products.

You will lead a team of developers dedicated to one of our consumer or B2B product teams and would be responsible for the success of many of their technology projects.

The developers at U.S. News have a great deal of independence and a minimum of overhead. By leveraging React.js, Python, AWS cloud, Google BigQuery, data science and other latest technologies, you’ll be driving a major transformation within U.S. News.

Are you up to the challenge?

This position requires comfort working hands-on with frontend and backend web technologies. Our developers thrive in a collaborative environment but also excel at solving challenges independently.

We use many different technologies and operate in many different environments, and we work together with designers, analysts, stakeholders, and testers to build products as efficiently and effectively as possible.

We also believe in perpetual self-improvement, and expect our employees to continue to work towards developing their own skills and the skills of those around them.

As a team lead, you will be :

Responsible for a team of developers working with our Money / 360 Reviews team

Advise the product managers, mentor and manage your developers

Make code architecture decisions, keep your team organized and focused, and keep your projects on track

Manage the team and be a contributing member of the development team.

Position Requirements

You should definitely have :

Minimum eight years of similar or related experience inclusive of 5+ years of experience in a web development role

A Bachelor’s degree from U.S. accredited institution, preferred

Modern JavaScript frameworks, such as React

Web styling with CSS preprocessors or CSS-in-JS

Modern JavaScript patterns and ES6

Server-side technologies, such as Python, Java, or NodeJS

Databases, such as PostgreSQL

Unix-based operating systems, such as Linux or Mac OS X, along with the shells and command-line tools available in those environments

Version control, such as Git

It would be nice if you had :

Technical leadership or other personnel management

CICD pipelines such as Jenkins

Cloud environments such as AWS

Data ingestion / transformation

What it’s like to work with us :

Talent is our best asset! We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News’ dedication to our consumers.

Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity

Focus on fostering personal and professional growth

Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training

Collaborative Work Environment Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers