Software Engineer (Innovation Lab)

OVERVIEW CR is recruiting engineers, public interest technologists, and entrepreneurs to develop innovative new ways of serving consumers. You'll be joining a lean team that works openly and builds out the earliest, most experimental part of CR's innovation pipeline. The Full Stack Engineer within the Digital Lab team is a strong generalist who focuses on prototyping. architecting and bootstrapping early-stage software projects, including websites, databases, and mobile apps. This role involves taking an entrepreneurial approach to designing, building, and deploying new technologies: handling a variety of architecture and coding tasks, generating high quality developer documentation, and eventually transferring knowledge to other contributors and teams. Under our CRFlex program, this is eligible for remote work THE OPPORTUNITY How You'll Make an Impact: You'll create and ship technologies that have a real impact on the marketplace, the law, and people's lives. CR's work includes solutions to help consumers secure their digital devices, help them take back control of their data, make it easier to buy locally and save money, and more. You will design, develop and implement new prototypes and apps consistent with the Digital Lab's mission. You will partner with Product and Research teams to analyze business requirements, conduct feasibility assessments, document specifications, recommend technologies, set deliverable schedules and determine implementation/execution approaches. You will contribute full-stack software engineer support, from database to backend to frontend development. You will write and maintain standard code for early-stage prototypes and MVPs of consumer facing products. You will implement and test software solutions using agile software development practices. You will create unit tests and regression tests You will collaborate with contractors, contributors, developers, business staff and other project team members to troubleshoot issues as required. You will recommend and monitor standards for coding practices throughout the Digital Lab. You will generate high quality developer documentation. You will identify returns on learning to enable continuous reduction in time from concept to prototype. You will facilitate knowledge transfer to other contributors and teams. You will supports, troubleshoot, and maintain existing software systems. ABOUT YOU You'll Be Highly Rated If: You have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related field. You have 4 years of relevant work experience. You have a demonstrated ability to develop full-stack prototypes and MVPs, robust GitHub profiles, and competencies in open source software development. You have broad experience in software development, modern design patterns and web technologies. You have experience with modern web technologies, JavaScript libraries, AJAX, JSON, HTML5/CSS3 and responsive design. . You have working knowledge of modern databases, e.g., mongodb You have working knowledge of Unix environments, including shell scripting such as Perl or Python. You can show evidence of rigorous thinking and strong communication skills across various layers of abstraction, agile tools and methodologies, including continuous deployment and rapid integration. You have experience in documentation, developing and maintaining large-scale, high-visibility systems. You have the ability to solve complex technical problems and effectively communicate solutions to system architects, peers and management. You'll Be One of Our Top Picks If: You have experience working in early stage or startup environments. You have exposure to React and/or React Native THIS POSITION REQUIRES YOU TO BE FULLY VACCINATED PRIOR TO YOUR START DATE Our Commitment to Fair Pay At Consumer Reports, we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation. The target salary range for this position is $126,000 to $155,000. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. LI-RB33 WHO WE ARE Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for consumers. Our team is made up of truth tellers, change agents, and consumer advocates who investigate and build coalitions to fight for fairness and justice in the marketplace. We leverage our evidence-based approach to demand safer products, a healthier environment, and equitable services for everyone. Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits from that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage and unlimited sick days. There's also generous family planning benefits and a generous 401K match. Learn more about how CR's advocates for strong benefits on behalf of their employees here: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/careers/landing-page/index.htm Consumer Reports proudly seeks to build a richly diverse workforce by hiring people with a diversity of thoughts, identities, perspectives, and experiences that help advance the difference we make for consumers, and by ensuring our people experience equity and inclusion in their work lives. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQIA people, people of color, and people with disabilities.