Software Engineer, Platform - Innovation Lab
Software Engineer, Platform - Innovation Lab
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WHO WE ARE
Consumer Reports is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for consumers. Our team is made up of truth tellers change agents and consumer advocates who investigate and build coalitions to fight for fairness and justice in the marketplace for consumers. We leverage our evidence-based approach to demand safer products a healthier environment and equitable services for everyone.
Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage family planning and a generous 401K match.Learn more about how CR advocates on behalf of our employees.
OVERVIEW
Were looking for a systems thinking mission-oriented Software Engineer to join our Innovation Labs Product R&D team a fast-moving cross-functional group focused on building AskCR.
AskCR is a pro-consumer expert-backed AI that offers advice using CRs trusted information. We are one of the only AI-powered experiences backed by over 100 human experts and incentivized to deliver on a pro-consumer mission.
In this platform-oriented role youll help architect and scale the core systems that make AskCR reliable performant and easy to evolve across web and mobile experiences. Youll also get to contribute to feature development and system health across the AskCR platform. If you love shipping production-grade software and believe AI should work for people this role is for you.
This is a remote position. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
How Youll Make An Impact
As a Software Engineer with a platform focus youll own the technical foundations that make AskCR performant across platforms. You will:
- Drive end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for AskCRs web and mobile systems: making them scalable testable and future-proof.
- Align business goals with platform decisions collaborating closely with PMs designers and engineers to ship thoughtfully scoped user-first features.
- Orchestrate smooth cross-platform development cycles ensuring clarity in planning timelines and release processes.
- Champion best practices in CI/CD monitoring code quality and developer experience across the engineering team.
- Investigate and resolve complex high-impact production issues; keeping our systems resilient and our users happy.
- Support and mentor fellow engineers fostering a strong engineering culture rooted in curiosity collaboration and mission.
ABOUT YOU
- Youve earned the degree. You have a bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- You have the experience. 5 years of professional software engineering experience ideally across both backend and frontend domains.
- You have a deep expertise in Python paired with strong fluency in frameworks like FastAPI React and/or React Native.
- You have a proven track record of designing scaling and shipping reliable multi-platform applications in production.
- You are comfortable working in CI/CD-heavy environments with solid skills in observability debugging and automation.
- You are a clear and effective communicator and have the ability to translate technical concepts so that they can be understood by peers in product design and editorial.
Youll Be Highly Rated If:
- You have prior experience working on consumer-focused AI applications or chatbots.
- You have familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform) and container orchestration technologies.
- You bring a strong interest in ethical AI and responsible development
FAIR PAY AND A JUST WORKPLACE
At Consumer Reports we are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive market-informed compensation informed by location as well as the candidates particular combination of knowledge skills competencies and experience. It is expected that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of the posted salary range. We have three locations: Yonkers NY Washington DC and Colchester CT.
Salary ranges
- NY/California:$140K-$160K annually
- DMW/Massachusetts: $135K-$155K annually
- Colchester CT and additional approved CR locations: $115K-$135K annually
Consumer Reports is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race color creed religion age national origin ancestry citizenship status sex or gender (including pregnancy childbirth related medical conditions or lactation) gender identity and expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation marital status military service or veteran status protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law disability genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Consumer Reports will provide you with any reasonable assistance or accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process.
Employment Type
Full-Time
