Senior Developer - Application Engineering (Remote)

📋 Description

• • Join Forbes Advisor as a Senior Developer in Application Engineering and play a pivotal role in transforming a leading publisher into a formidable tech powerhouse within the US market.
• • This is an exceptional opportunity to be part of a UK-based development team, contributing to the evolution of our digital platforms and the creation of innovative customer experiences.
• • As a key member of our Application Engineering team, you will be instrumental in building immersive and engaging experiences for Forbes Advisor customers.
• • Simultaneously, you will develop bespoke internal tools designed to streamline operations and enhance productivity for the Forbes Advisor team.
• • Our engineering culture is characterized by its flat hierarchy and collaborative spirit, empowering you to actively participate in the design, architecture, and development of solutions.
• • You will have the autonomy to select the most effective tools and technologies best suited for each specific job, fostering innovation and efficiency.
• • We champion a lean, product-driven approach, prioritizing the delivery of valuable features over rigid adherence to estimates or story points.
• • Our current technology stack is robust and modern, encompassing .NET, NodeJS, Vue, AWS, Terraform, TypeScript, ChatGPT, REST, GraphQL, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, and New Relic, providing a rich environment for development.
• • Your responsibilities will include designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and reliable systems and applications that form the backbone of our digital offerings.
• • You will own services end-to-end, ensuring their high availability, optimal performance, and robust security, while continuously seeking opportunities for architectural and infrastructural improvement.
• • Collaborate closely with a team of other senior engineers, working collectively to build cutting-edge solutions that precisely meet user needs and business objectives.
• • Actively contribute to fostering a positive and supportive team culture, motivating and challenging each other to achieve collective success.
• • Embrace a product-driven agile methodology, with ample space and encouragement to build exceptional products at a rapid pace.
• • We value the tangible impact of features delivered, promoting continuous deployments, comprehensive automated testing, and striving for the lowest possible maintenance overhead in our finished products.
• • Engage with the broader marketplace team, tapping into the diverse expertise of industry and domain specialists located across Europe and the US to co-create pioneering digital experiences.
• • Leverage your extensive technical expertise to disrupt the market, driving innovation and producing exciting new user journeys and experiences specifically tailored for the dynamic US market.
• • This role is integral to Forbes Advisor's strategic initiative to build a new, parallel stack of microservices that will integrate seamlessly across our extensive estate of advisor and marketplace propositions, enhancing our monetization capabilities.
• • We have a clear vision to construct numerous user journeys, architecting solutions from the ground up using a modern, serverless approach.
• • The team will focus on building a collection of reusable services, designed for extension and customization across various brands and product areas.
• • Our ambition is to develop the ultimate comparison technology, encompassing everything from Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) to fully featured inquiry forms, Customer Data Layers (CDL), product stores, aggregator layers, referral and fulfillment mechanisms, and end-to-end tracking systems.
• • The US market presents a vast, relatively immature, and highly malleable landscape, offering a prime opportunity for technically advanced new entrants like us.
• • This is an ideal moment to join a forward-thinking organization with prestigious brands, enabling you to build something truly distinctive and impactful.
• • You will be working hand-in-glove with an integrated, UK-based senior product and development team, fostering close collaboration and shared goals.
• • We firmly believe in the power of collaborative and empowered teams, where the collective strength of the group surpasses individual contributions, valuing the unique skills each team member brings.
• • Our operational ethos is to move swiftly and consistently deliver robust, high-quality code and products that exceed expectations.
• • While Forbes Advisor's core engineering team is based in India, supporting our substantial publishing platform, this role is central to building a new, parallel technological frontier.
• • Your analytical abilities will be crucial for reading and understanding application telemetry, customer analytics, and semantic monitoring data to continuously improve and optimize our products and code.
• • Effective collaborative skills are essential for sharing ideas, leading architectural discussions, ensuring your insights are heard, and contributing to the development of robust solutions.