Engineering Architect
Jersey City, NJ

Job Description

Forbes is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Engineering Architect to join our Digital Group. This position, reporting to the Director of Engineering, requires not just maintaining existing code, but also building new tools with an eye on the future. In addition to joining a high performing team, you would be joining a passionate and engaged culture that celebrates:

* Entrepreneurship: Freedom to innovate, identify new opportunities and take on responsibilities.
* Career Development: Formal mentorship program, industry conference attendance and speaking opportunities.
* Work/life Balance: Regular group outings, celebration of passion projects and side hustles, optional mindfulness sessions twice a month.
* Positivity: Emphasis on positive communication, transparency and team building

If you're looking for challenges and opportunities similar to those of a startup, with the benefits of a seasoned, successful company, read on.

What you will be doing:

* Participate in agile development of unique and innovative products
* Design and Architect solutions
* Lead conversations across disciplines
* Participate in development and architecture of complex systems
* Work closely with the product owners and stakeholders to discover, design, architect and prototype new features
* Write high quality code that adheres to coding standards
* Constantly learn new technologies, approaches and languages
* Work with cross functional teams including Dev, Product, DevOps and QA
* Participate in code reviews
* Champion Unit and Integration Testing
* Champions performance optimizations
* Create maintainable projects with documentation
* Lead Design and Documentation for projects

What we are looking for:

Technical Skills

* Strong conceptual knowledge and background in Java - 6+ years
* Experience with Spring Framework and Spring Security
* Experience with Unit and Integration testing
* Experience with NoSQL databases. MongoDB is a plus
* Experience with real-time and streaming data processing
* Experience with queuing platforms like ActiveMQ, Google Pub/Sub, Kafka
* Knowledge of BigQuery and GraphQL
* Familiarity with GCP/AWS cloud services
* Comfortable with CI/CD Pipelines
* Experience with Git version control
* Ability to build a simple Front-End App with HTML/CSS

Desired Qualities:

* Excited about digital media and publishing
* Commitment to the Forbes culture of celebrating success
* Interest in the journalism business and familiarity with the challenges facing it
* A passion for self-education and a drive to be ever forward looking

About Forbes

The defining voice of entrepreneurial capitalism, Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most-influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 120 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE events, custom marketing programs and 40 licensed local editions in 70 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements. For more information, visit: www.forbes.com/forbes-media/

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.