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New York, New York, United States
Hybrid
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
ProPublica is hiring a software engineer to work primarily on the systems and services that power our audience data platforms. This important role serves to advance ProPublica’s mission — publishing journalism with real-world impact — by enabling systems that bring us greater understanding of our audiences and donors.
We’re looking for an experienced engineer who believes in our mission and thrives in multifaceted roles, contributing both to the long-term product road map and to hands-on development. Your responsibilities will include shipping high-quality and resilient code and collaborating with designers, product managers, data analysts, other engineers and agency partners. You’ll write code, configure no- and low-code integrations, contribute to our documentation, share your expertise and proactively solve problems.
As a member of our expanding, crossfunctional product team, you’ll work with colleagues across ProPublica’s engineering, audience and membership operations, ensuring that our capabilities align with our principles and advance our organizational objectives. This position reports to our director of product engineering and will work closely with the audience data and insights analyst.
This job is full time and includes benefits. ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to remote candidates. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
This role is subject to an in-office work requirement of two days per week in the New York City office. That requirement may be extended to other offices with 60 days’ notice.
This job is covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with The NewsGuild of New York, Local 31003, CWA, AFL-CIO
The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 to $145,000.
This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.
We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.
Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.
No phone calls, please.
We know there are great candidates who may not fit into what we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
We are dedicated to improving our newsroom, in part by better reflecting the people we cover. (Here is a breakdown of our staff.) We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. And we are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age or any other status protected under applicable law.
