Senior Software Engineer

Join one of Baltimores Best Places to Work!

About this role

The Banner is seeking a Senior Software Engineerto help build scalable high-performing digital products that power our journalism and reader experience.

This is a highly impactful role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex problems building modern web applications and working across frontend backend product and infrastructure. You will help develop the systems that deliver fast reliable and engaging content experiences to our growing audience.

The ideal candidate is imaginative thoughtful technically strong and excited by the opportunity tobuild witha mission-driven organization in a fast-paced high-growth environment.

***This role is not eligible for relocation visa sponsorship or fully remote work.***

What youll do

In this role you will build modern frontend and backend solutions that support content delivery fast rendering and high-quality user work may include:

• Develop user interfaces and backend APIs for high-performance web applications.
• Use JavaScript application frameworks preferably React and to build complete scalable solutions.
• Design and implement reliable integrations with third-party software platforms and service providers.
• Participate in technical design architecture discussions and engineering decision-making.
• Build scalable solutions on public cloud infrastructure preferably AWS.
• Collaborate with product managers engineers designers and other cross-functional partners in an agile environment.
• Work effectively with distributed team members across locations and time zones.
• Help improve engineering standards development practices documentation and overall technical quality.

What youll bring

• 5 years of professional software development experience.
• 3 years of experience building websites and highly scalable web applications.
• Strong experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React Angular Vue or similar technologies.
• Experience with and modern backend development practices.
• Experience building frontend interfaces and backend APIs for web-based products.
• Familiarity with cloudarchitectures; AWS experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with database technologies such as SQL Server Oracle MongoDB MySQL or similar systems.
• Familiarity with caching technologies such as Redis Memcached Varnish or similar tools.
• Experience working on distributed engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills sound technical judgment and the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners.
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working in a fast-moving product-focused environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with content management systems such as Arc XP WordPress or similar platforms.
• Experience working in media journalism publishing subscription or other digital consumer product environments.
• Experience with performance optimization content delivery personalization or audience engagement products.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines monitoring and observability tools.
• Experience contributing to architecture decisions for high-traffic web applications.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of overall software development experience.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means helping The Banner deliver fast reliable and engaging digital experiences for readers. You will contribute to the technical foundation of our products ship meaningful features improve system performance and scalability and help build the engineering culture of a growing mission-driven organization.

Salary Range: $125000 - $155000.Individual pay may vary from the target range and isdeterminedby several factors including experience internal pay equity and other relevant business considerations. This role is not eligible for corporate bonus opportunity. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair andequitableacross the board.

Our amazing benefits include:

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Human Interest with a company match
• Student Loan Debt Repayment Assistance for qualified employees
• Full health benefits - medical dental vision prescription FSA/HSA. and coverage for family/dependents
• Sick Leave eligible for rollover
• Commuter Benefits
• 11 Paid National Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Parental Leave
• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mentalfinancialand physical wellbeing

Our Core Values

• Do whats right.Honesty moralityrespectandthe missionguide our actions and decisions. By doing the right thing we inspire others to believe.
• Work together.We collaborate to create something special. Together we challenge assumptions trust each other take risks and foster transparent and direct communication.
• Listen to be heard.Our stories are trustworthy. They are inspired by and createdforour readers. Their storyisour story. Communities are at the center of our journalism and everything we do.
• Deliver impactful results.Acting as one accountable team and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit we deliver bold and innovative results. We act fast execute and learn. We celebrate great outcomes.
• Be inclusive.We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and act by curating a culture that leverages diverse perspectives as the key to fulfilling our mission. The Banner is for all of us.

Why Join Us

At The Banner your work will directly support the future of local journalism. You will have the opportunity to build technology that helps readers access trusted information discover important stories and stay connected to their community. This is a chance to join a collaborative ambitious and mission-oriented team where engineering plays a central role in product growth audience engagement and long-term impact.

If you are excited by the opportunity to solve meaningful technical challenges and build products with a public-service mission we would love to hear from you.

The Venetoulis Institute embraces diversity and inclusion and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization. We are dedicated to establishing an organization that reflects the fundamental respect for different ways of working and living and we assure every employee the opportunity to reach their full potential.

We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the application process please contactto request accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may include but are not limited to adjustments in the application process modifications or assistance regarding job interviews and accommodations to enable access to our appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.