Are you an experienced developer of enterprise PHP applications on WordPress Are you passionate about delivering valuable features using engineering best practices in a supportive team setting If so, then come join the FindLaw technology group as a Senior Software Engineer where you will be a member of an Agile team responsible for a WordPress application used to manage and host thousands of websites.
FindLaw is the leading provider of business marketing solutions for law firms and has 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 extensive resources and use industry leading tools and technologies to enable our success.
Shift Timing - 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hybrid Work Model: Work from Office Twice a week
About the Role:
As a Lead Software Engineer at FindLaw, your responsibilities are to:
Collaborate with others efficiently and effectively to accomplish tasks on the desired timeline.
Learn and apply new business and technical concepts quickly.
Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring design and architecture are aligned with the FindLaw strategy, standards, and best practices.
Participate in all aspects of the agile process from story creation through release.
Design, develop, test, and deliver application features that delight customers.
Contribute non-functional requirements to projects to achieve long term application health and stability.
Understand and apply current secure development practices.
Maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new innovative ideas to the group.
Support Production applications as needed to prevent service interruptions and maintain a high level of quality for our customers.
Communicate effectively in written and verbal form with colleagues and vendor representatives.
About You:
8+ years professional software development experience with PHP on WordPress in an enterprise environment & apply modern software development practices when defining, designing, building, testing and delivering software and services to users.
You are a fit if you have:
A bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent experience.
Strong knowledge of PHP, WordPress, WP plugin development, MySQL, Twig, and CSS.
Experience with Git, Docker, and Jenkins, and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with ReSTful web services, NodeJS and Typescript used in Cloudflare workers
1+ years of experience working on an agile team.
Development experience with public-facing enterprise applications.
Strong analytical and debugging skills, and familiarity with common debugging tools like XDebug.
Experience writing and using automated unit tests to validate and maintain code quality.
Familiarity with SEO principles, including page speed and core web vitals.
Familiarity with AWS technologies like S3, Lambda, and EC
Familiarity with mobile and cross-browser functional testing as well as an awareness of common web development pitfalls and solutions.
Ability to work across multiple geographic locations and cultures.
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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 (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) 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 caf networking.
Social Impact: Ten 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.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 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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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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