Software Engineer - FindLaw

Software Engineer - FindLaw

FindLaw is the leading provider of business development solutions for law firms and home to the largest online destination for people with legal needs (www.findlaw.com). Our integrated marketing solutions help law firms grow their practice through strategic digital marketing approaches that drive results. As part of Thomson Reuters, we have access to resources rich in experience and the latest market trends, as well as industry standard tools and technologies to enable our success.

As a Front-End Engineer, you are a critical member of an Agile team responsible for developing solutions that help our customers create a more effective digital presence. Your expertise is with front-end technologies and development on our public-facing web properties, while collaborating closely with business partners and stakeholders throughout the Agile process. Focused on making sure web applications stay performant, modern and accessible.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on FindLaw.com team, you will be:

• Produce high-quality, secure software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Partner in all phases of Agile delivery, such as project chartering, story mapping, and sprint planning.
• Be accountable for application integrity by promoting software development best practices that support efficient coding, maintenance, release deployment, and reduce the likelihood of defects making their way into the production environment.
• Bring a curious mindset, striving to learn something new every day, while focusing on delivering innovative solutions for our customers.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Software Engineer if your background includes:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, or equivalent experience
• Relevant software development experience focused on online applications.
• Demonstrated ability with HTML and CSS to meet responsive design and cross-browser requirements.
• Exposure to Web application development with technologies such as HTML5, CSS, SASS, JavaScript, Foundation JS, PHP, Groovy.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks and deployment tools (Angular 2+, React, Node, etc.).
• Development experience working with high-traffic, public-facing online properties.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, and familiarity with common debugging tools (Chrome Dev Tools, etc.).

Preferred:

• Experience implementing and supporting SEO and page speed strategies.
• Familiarity with AWS technologies (S3, EC2, SQS, Lambda, SES) is a plus.
• Experience with both back-end and front-end performance analysis including familiarity with related tools such as Google Search Console, Core Web Vitals, Lighthouse, Adobe Analytics.
• Familiarity with A/B testing and related tools (Adobe Target)
• Familiarity with cross-browser functional testing as well as an awareness of common web development pitfalls and solutions.
• Experience with Cloudflare Workers
• Demonstrated ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.

What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters cafe networking.
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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We are powered by the talents of 25,000 employees across more than 75 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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