API Jobs at Forbes

Forbes is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Software Engineer to join our API Team. It will be your responsibility to participate in shaping how Forbes addresses the challenges of user accounts and engaging with content across our many products. From establishing technical design patterns to developing strategies for integrating with new and emerging technologies, ranging from ETL pipelines to the blockchain, this role has a wide array of exciting problems to solve.

In addition to joining a high performing team, you would be joining a passionate and engaged culture that celebrates:

• Entrepreneurship: Freedom to innovate, identify new opportunities and take on responsibilities
• Career Development: Formal mentorship program, industry conference attendance, and speaking opportunities
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible work schedule, regular group outings (innings?), the celebration of passion projects and side hustles, an understanding that you are human and the complexities that come with that
• Positivity: Emphasis on positive communication, growing everyone, and team building
• If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a startup, with the benefits of a seasoned, successful company, read on.

Primary Role:

• Feature development
• Provide guidance to less experienced members of the team.

Core Competencies:

• Experience in Go, Java, Python, and/or NodeJS
• Enterprise comfort with database technology such as MongoDB, Firebase, or MySQL
• A passion for Unit & e2e Testing
• Deep understanding of the full technical stack
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other Cloud Provider experience
• BigQuery experience preferred

General Skills:

• Clear and positive communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
• Drive to mentor and help other engineers grow
• A product-value driven mindset

Daily Expectations:

• Participate and help lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Lead projects on a technical level
• Develop features with high-quality, maintainable, scalable code
• Participate in Code Reviews
• Champion Unit and Integration Testing
• Analyze and resolve emerging technical issues
• Collaborate with product owners and designers
• Forbes is an equal opportunity employer