Senior Developer-Remote with USA TODAY Network

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an unmatched local-to-national reach, Gannett touches the lives of more than 110 million people monthly with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Gannett brands include USA TODAY NETWORK with the iconic USA TODAY and more than 100 local media brands, digital marketing services companies ReachLocal and SweetIQ, and U.K. media company Newsquest. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com .

Position Summary

Gannett is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join our Presto CMS team focused on new initiatives for Gannett’s media outlets. The Presto CMS Development team implements a world-class enterprise content management system across Gannett Digital and is the foundation upon which all Gannett content is created.

Technologies and Disciplines

The Gannett Platform is a polyglot environment utilizing a number of technologies:

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  Stack: Javascript, Express, Angular, Node JS, Restify

  
  


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  Data: REST API's interacting with Couchbase, Solr, RabbitMQ

  
  


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  CI: Jenkins and Team City We use GitHub for source control with a GitHub Flow code review and merge protocol. We aim for comprehensive unit and integration test coverage (using Mocha), and follow Agile process methods, with defined sprints.

  
  

Responsibilities

As a Senior Developer, you will have the following responsibilities:

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  Analyze design, and coordinate the development of a world-class content management system and downstream APIs including hands on implementation, testing, review, and documentation

  
  


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  Work with stakeholders during the requirement gathering and acceptance testing process

  
  


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  Troubleshoot operations issues as required

  
  


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  Integrate internal as well as third-party web services and components

  
  


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  Consistently follow and continue to help improve our processes including source. control, deployment and issue tracking

  
  


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  Document solutions to institutionalize knowledge for the development, operational, support, and end user communities

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

A Senior Developer is expected to work effectively as an autonomous member of our team. As such we are looking for:

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  Minimum 5 years web development and integration experience

  
  


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  Experience with Client and server based Javascript, Node JS, Angular.js, Restify, Rest APIs, NoSQL Databases, Messaging Queue Systems

  
  


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  Demonstrated professional development experience developing and consuming APIs and web services

  
  


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  Experience with data driven systems with a solid understanding of database structures, queries and search

  
  


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  Experience debugging and analyzing issues in a complex, service orientated environment

  
  


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  Practical knowledge of software development methodologies

  
  


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  Bachelor’s degree expected in a technical discipline, but compensating experience may be considered.

  
  

Additional Considerations

We'd be delighted if you also had experience with any of the following:

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  JIRA and Confluence

  
  


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  Build automation

  
  


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  Automated test tools

  
  


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  Developing and deploying applications hosted in AWS or similar cloud environments

  
  


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  Working with and developing for media related web sites

  
  

We are a drug free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, disability, education, political affiliation or veteran status.