Software Engineer - Media Engineering
Leaf Group

Job Info

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Leaf Group is seeking a Front End Engineer who is dedicated, results-oriented, and a tenacious problem-solver to join our Media Engineering team at our Santa Monica, CA office. With over 100 million unique visitors per month, our success is based on the stability of our products' performance, usability, and user experience. As part of our Media Engineering team, you will help provide the technical foundation to make this happen.

A big vision calls for a big job. As we grow, our need for a Software Engineer grows with us.

Leaf Group is a house of brands, creating and cultivating digital-first companies in growing lifestyle categories: Fitness & Wellness (Well+Good, Livestrong.com); Home & Decor (Hunker, Society6, Deny Designs), and Art & Design (Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair). Additionally, we have performance focused brands in key categories such as Travel, Pets, and DIY (OnlyInYourState, Cuteness, eHow). Our media and marketplace brands are authentic and authoritative, reaching a large and growing passionate audience.

We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We look for proactive, accountable people focused on continuous learning and growth to push themselves and our businesses forward. Check us out here.

You'll Report To: Sr. Manager, Engineering

A typical day as a Software Engineer might include:

• Collaborating with other members of the engineering team to write robust, reusable, and maintainable code to support and grow our brands
• Work closely with our product and design teams to create dynamic UIs, brand building features, and ad products

You'll be successful if you are a JavaScript engineer who specializes in frontend development to build scalable, isomorphic sites utilizing Vue.js, Webpack, and LESS technologies. The ideal candidate is passionate about engineering, great user experiences, and is excited to work on initiatives that help build our business. If you're as excited as we are, then you know what to do! Come join our fun, fast paced, energetic team, which utilizes the best technologies the web can offer.

What You Have:

• 2-3 years of experience as a Software Engineer with Frontend experience
• Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS to create pixel perfect responsive, mobile first websites.
• Experience developing with JavaScript to create SSR, isomorphic websites.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks. We use Vue.js
• Experience with component-based architecture and development.
• Comfortable with Developer Tools, Git, Code Reviews, and Jira.
• Cringe when you see jank, FOUSC, setTimeout, tabs, PHP, and misaligned curly braces.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Not afraid to wear multiple hats - no job being too small or too large.
• We're casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly. Personal accountability goes a long way. We believe we are the change.

Nice to Have:

• Deeply care about web performance, loading fast, and staying fast.
• Experience with ad solutions such as DFP, skins, and sponsored campaigns.
• Strong understanding of building web apps powered by RESTful APIs.
• Integrate with social networks APIs, including Facebook and Google.
• Familiar with: SEO, CDN, JSON, SSH, SSL, GA, SEMVER, AMP, CMS, OOP, REST.
• Confident in your code because you drink Mocha and sometimes Chai.

What We Have:

• eHow is the 2019 & 2020 People's Choice and official Webby Winner for Social Video/How To-DIY
• Well+Good is the 2019 People's Choice winner of the Webby's Award for Best Lifestyle Brand
• Leaf Group is among TalentDesk's 2019 Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among the 2019 Built In LA Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among Comparably's 2018 Best Companies in Los Angeles
• Well+Good is the 2018 winner of Fast Company's Most Innovative Company Award
• MyPlate is the 2018 winner of the Webby Award for Best Design
• Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages (i.e., Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, 401K)
• Paid-to-play vacation rewards
• Discretionary unlimited vacation time
• Employee discounts for Saatchi Art, Society6, and Deny Designs

Leaf Group is a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace that reflects our customers and the world we live in. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply for our roles. Leaf Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Agency Disclosure:
If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.

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