Software Engineer 3, Content Platforms

Job Summary

Condé Nast is seeking a senior full-stack engineer to help build the next generation of Copilot, the in-house CMS used by thousands of editors across various Condé Nast properties. This role involves designing and building backend services and APIs in Node.js, as well as developing React interfaces for editors.

What You Will Do

• Design and build backend services and APIs in Node.js, then carry that work through to the React front end
• Model and query content at scale with MongoDB and OpenSearch
• Own your services in production, including infrastructure, reliability, and performance (Terraform, AWS)
• Partner closely with Product and Design to build editorial tools that are genuinely a pleasure to use
• Raise the bar through code review, pairing, and mentoring other engineers
• Help shape how the team adopts AI across our workflow and our products

What You Bring

• Strong backend experience with Node.js: services, APIs, and data modeling at scale
• Full-stack range: comfortable owning a feature from the back end through to a React front end
• Solid data skills, including MongoDB and search with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch (or similar)
• Experience designing and shipping production APIs (REST and GraphQL)
• Comfort owning infrastructure with Terraform and AWS
• Excellent communication: you explain tradeoffs clearly and collaborate naturally with non-engineers
• A track record of shipping user-facing products and caring about the people who use them
• Curiosity about new tools, including AI, and the judgment to apply them well
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Our Tech

• Languages & frameworks: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Java, Python
• Data: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka
• APIs: REST, GraphQL, Apollo Federation, AWS AppSync
• Infra & deploy: Terraform, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
• Observability: Datadog, Splunk, OpenTelemetry
• AI tooling: Access to AI coding tools, building toward an AI-native workflow

How We Work

• Pair, share knowledge, and level each other up
• Collaborate across time zones and locations
• Infrastructure as code, everywhere
• Teams own their apps in production (including on-call)

Why Work With Us

• Industry-leading compensation and benefits
• Smart, curious, genuinely kind teammates who love to teach and learn
• A rare chance to shape the tools behind some of the world's most iconic brands, at a moment of real change in publishing
• The expected base salary range for this position is from $175,000-195,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.