Front-End Developer

The New Republic is looking for a talented and creative front-end developer who obsesses over the needs of users and who can craft elegant, polished designs that will improve user experience—and encourage user interaction—on all platforms and devices, optimizing for SEO at every turn to attract new readers and satisfy our loyal ones. The front-end developer will identify, design, and build editorial templates, as well as manage third-party systems associated with the advertising and marketing products. 

You bring strong product instincts and enjoy proposing improvements—from new interactive storytelling forms to new editorial tools—and possess a pixel-perfect attention to detail. You must be committed to collegiality and excellence in everything you do. 

This is a full-time position and is currently fully remote; however, there are occasional mandatory meetings in New York City throughout the year. 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the art director, digital director, senior developer, and back-end developers to launch new and elegant products (and to improve existing ones), while prioritizing multiple feature requests and product bugs.


• Execute design guidelines that are ADA and WCAG compliant to ensure consistent good user experiences across platforms for all readers.


• Strong CSS skills, including modern SCSS with nesting and a component-based approach.


• Collaborate with editorial and business departments to distill broad feature objectives and loosely defined requests into clearly scoped, production-ready technical solutions for mobile, tablet, and desktop.


• Partner with the Interim Publisher, CFO, and legal stakeholders to implement front-end privacy controls and consent mechanisms in accordance with jurisdiction-specific requirements provided by the Interim Publisher. 


• Define product goals, map user flows and prototype interactions, and oversee the building process.


• Develop quality product prototypes.


• Partner closely with the lead developer on architecture, implementation, and code quality.


• Collaborate with the digital director, senior developer, and back-end developers to produce designs with clean, performant, maintainable code.


• Keep tabs on best practices and trends in digital media to inform future projects to grow TNR’s audience.


• Communicate regularly with the product manager on project status, needs, and milestones.


• Implement and maintain analytics and tagging integrations (GTM, GA4, and third-party tools).


• Contribute to daily code reviews.


• Document technical builds, fixes, and debugging on projects that you lead or to which you contribute. 

HOW WE BUILD

• LLM model assisted development for rapid iteration with strong engineering judgment


• Code reviews and automated checks as the source of truth


• Performance, accessibility, and SEO are first-class concerns


• We’re actively modernizing our stack and want someone excited to help lead that evolution

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience utilizing React and Javascript


• 3+ years experience with front-end development


• Media experience preferred

• Experience creating and optimizing mobile web applications


• Experience optimizing for SEO


• Experience improving performance and Core Web Vitals.


• Familiarity with analytical and diagnostic tools for web performance


• Ability to communicate technical issues to a nontechnical staff


• Ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced editorial environment


• Ability to handle multiple short- and long-term projects simultaneously 

To apply, please submit your résumé and a cover letter explaining why you’re right for this job. Please include links to your work at other publications.

TNR offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits. 

The position is covered by the collective-bargaining agreement between The New Republic and the NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO. The New Republic is committed to diversity and encourages members of underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, people with criminal records, veterans, and people with disabilities.