Web Engineer

Haystack News is the leading local & world news service on Connected TVs reaching millions of users! This is a unique opportunity to work at Haystack News, one of the fastest-growing TV startups in the world. We are already preloaded on 37% of all TVs shipped in the US!

Be part of a Silicon Valley startup and work directly with the founding team. Jumpstart your career by working with Stanford & Carnegie Mellon alumni and faculty who have already been part of other successful startups in Silicon Valley.

You should join us if you're hungry to learn how Silicon Valley startups thrive, you like to ship quickly and often, love to solve challenging problems, and like working in small teams.

See how Haystack is leveraging AI at Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91017834/ai-is-coming-for-your-local-weather-report

Responsibilities:

• Develop new features and maintain code for Haystack’s Web and HTML-based SmartTV apps
• Collaborate with UI/UX team, QA, and other stakeholders to carry through development during sprint cycles
• Work on architectural improvements to the company’s web-based platforms and participate in design reviews
• Code review peers work
• Implement unit tests and other quality measures to ensure code is released safely and with high performance
• Optimize code where necessary to speed up the app and increase performance
• Monitor production app for errors to ensure everything is running smoothly for customers

Qualifications and requirements

• Strong written and spoken English are a must!
• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with over 2 years of related professional work experience
• Strong software engineering skills with expertise in Javascript, HTML and CSS
• Experience with Javascript/Typescript
• Experience with React, Redux, React-Router
• Experience with Jquery and DOM manipulation.
• Experience with Node JS and Express or similar frameworks
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong communication skills (No Agencies Please)

Some of our perks:

• Unlimited vacations :)
• Travel to team's offsite events
• 100% paid Uber rides to go to the office
• Learn about multiple platforms