Senior Software Engineer

Who are we hiring? The Sr. Full-stack Engineer will be a key member of the team responsible for the architecture, development, troubleshooting, implementation, and enhancement of new and existing web applications in JavaScript, as well as supporting frontend and backend technologies, including React, CSS, NodeJS, and Express. You’ll join a team of experts in software engineering technologies such as those mentioned as well as Amazon Web Services, serverless platforms and frameworks, and automation. In additional to software development, you will also be contributing your expertise to optimizing our agile processes and product development, including assisting in requirements gathering and analysis. You’ll work with a focus on performance, stability, maintainability, functionality, and observability, which will often involve implementing or instrumenting both custom and third-party solutions. What will you do? Build UIs in React, Redux, CSS, HTML, and other technologies using Webpack with ESModules. Build services in NodeJS with Express and/or serverless/microservice technologies such as Lambda, while providing RESTful APIs. Write “clean code,” following our conventions, standards, established design patterns, and best practices. Manage our source code in Github, keeping our commit history useful and clean. Actively participate in and contribute to all Scrum Ωceremonies and take personal responsibility for the success of each Sprint. Coach other developers of all levels. What do you need to succeed? Expert knowledge of frontend technologies, such as vanilla JavaScript using ES6-ES2020 language features, CSS3 and HTML5. A minimum of 6-8 years of hands-on development experience with JavaScript, with advanced understanding of design patterns and best practices. A minimum of 3 years of experience building performant UIs with ReactJS and Redux. A minimum of 3 years creating services and APIs in NodeJS with either Express or AWS serverless technologies like Lambda, API Gateway, AppSync. Proficiency with web app tooling technologies. We use Webpack, NPM, git/Github, Babel, Create React app, SCSS, PostCSS, as well as others. Proficiency with any of these testing frameworks and libraries: Jest (or similar, like Karma or Jasmine), Mocha, Chai, Sinon, CucumberJS, Webdriver IO. Can effectively work with command line tools. Understanding of ESLint configuration. We use JavaScript Standard Style and AirBnB. Experience working in a cloud-only environment, specifically in AWS. Experience contributing to the velocity of an Agile Scrum team. Some understanding of the basics of caching, including CDNs, in-memory caches, or page and database caching. NICE TO HAVES: You’ve worked on an enterprise-level team. Proficiency in PHP, Ruby on Rails, or Python. Experience working with WordPress, especially with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. Knowledge of ElasticSearch and its APIs and JavaScript or PHP SDKs. Understanding of any of these caching technologies: CDNs (like CloudFront), in-memory caches (Redis, Memcached), page caches (like Varnish), or object caching. GraphQL expertise. An AWS or Agile Scrum certification. SUPERVISION: This is an individual contributor role at this time that may coach team members and lead development efforts but may include direct supervision responsibilities as the team grows. Why is MSG for me? Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment. The Company presents or hosts a broad array of events in its diverse collection of venues: New York’s Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre. MSG Entertainment is also building a new state-of-the-art venue in Las Vegas, MSG Sphere at The Venetian. In addition, the Company features the original production – the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes – and through Boston Calling Events, produces the Boston Calling Music Festival. The Company’s two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG+, deliver a wide range of live sports content and other programming. Also under the MSG Entertainment umbrella is Tao Group Hospitality, with entertainment dining and nightlife brands including: Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Beauty & Essex, Cathédrale, Hakkasan and Omnia. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com. We invite you to create an exceptional career at MSG At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here. We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
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