CMS Developer

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets TEGNA reaches more than100 million people monthly across the web mobile apps streaming and linear television. Together we are building a sustainable future for local news.

We are seeking an experienced CMS Developer to join our growing digital technology team. In this role you will build and enhance our custom content management system (CMS) that powers our digital platforms across web mobile and OTT applications. You will collaborate closely with product managers designers and backend engineers to deliver a seamless scalable and user-friendly experience.

Responsibilities:
Develop enhance and maintain features for our custom CMS built on the .NET MVC framework.
Design and implement responsive intuitive user interfaces using JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as React and Webpack for bundling.
Develop backend services and APIs using .NET (C#) integrating seamlessly with frontend components.
Collaborate closely with product owners UI/UX designers and backend developers to ensure feature parity user-friendly interfaces and robust functionality.
Optimize CMS performance and scalability through efficient code caching strategies and streamlined database interactions.
Ensure compliance with security standards including role-based access controls authentication and authorization integrations.
Engage actively in code reviews testing (unit integration and end-to-end) and deployment practices to maintain high-quality standards.

Requirements:
3 years of experience developing web applications using .NET MVC (C#) JavaScript and related technologies.
Strong proficiency with JavaScript frameworks and libraries (React preferred) and module bundlers (Webpack).
Experience integrating identity and access management systems such as Okta for authentication and role-based authorization.
Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
Familiarity with modern DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines.
Excellent collaboration communication and problem-solving skills.
Proactive mindset and a willingness to continuously learn as youll contribute to modernizing our systems and adopting emerging technologies.
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
Prior experience developing CMS solutions.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Scrum practices.

Benefits:

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We areproud to be an equal opportunity employer hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race color religion national origin sex gender age marital status personal appearance sexual orientation gender identity or expression family responsibilities disability medical condition enrollment in college or vocational school political affiliation military or veteran status citizenship status genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email

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