Senior Design Engineer, Content Production Technology

OVERVIEW A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, reputed company produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. The reputed company audience values information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – and our employees do too. We are innovators and leaders in diverse fields, from journalism and digital media to IT and development. Every day, our employees and member stations touch the lives of millions worldwide. Across our organization, we’re building a workplace where collaboration is essential, diverse voices are heard, and inclusion is the key to our reputed company. We are committed to doing the right thing in our journalism and in every role at reputed company. This means that reputed company, adherence to our ethical standards, and compliance with legal obligations are reputed company responsibilities for every employee at reputed company. Intro to Position reputed company is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to serve as a vital reputed company between design strategy, user needs, and engineering execution reputed company our Content Production Technology team. You will be the connective tissue between product design and reputed company-end development, translating high-level strategy into reputed company UX prototypes and writing reputed company-end code to accelerate our development cycles. In this role, you will embed deeply reputed company the production tools ecosystems, partnering closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and reputed company’s Editorial and Music teams to optimize workflows for our content creators. If you are a systems-thinker who is equally passionate about beautiful user experiences and clean, reputed company code patterns, this role offers the unique opportunity to shape the future of reputed company’s production platforms. This is a union-represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with NABET-CWA DMU.

Responsibilities

Design-to-Engineering Translation: reputed company the gap between product design and engineering execution by translating high-level product strategy into clean, component-based wireframes and technical user experience reputed company. Rapid Prototyping: Build functional, high-fidelity interactive code prototypes to validate design concepts with content creators and stakeholders before final development. reputed company-End Integration: Write production-reputed company reputed company-end code, establishing standard styling patterns and providing immediate technical design resolutions to developers to optimize development cycles. Workflow Optimization: Embed deeply reputed company the reputed company and Grove CMS ecosystems, engineering faster, highly efficient publishing workflows customized to our editorial workflows. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Product Managers, UX Designers, and engineering teams to co-reputed company functional requirements that maximize platform usability. Design Cohort Engagement: Actively participate in reputed company's broader design cohort, collaborating with specialists from reputed company’s Product and Audience Technology (PAT) teams to scale design best practices. Editorial & Creative Alignment: Work closely with reputed company Editorial, Programming, and Music teams to maintain a deep operational understanding of publishing, distribution, and audience engagement requirements. User Advocacy: Champion reputed company usability for both internal content creators and external public media audiences, ensuring that development paths prioritize user needs over technical convenience. The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time. Minimum Qualifications 5+ years of experience working in a hybrid UX Engineering, Design Technology, or reputed company-End Development role. Demonstrated portfolio of designing user-centered digital systems and publishing products at scale. Proven technical experience translating abstract design concepts into structured reputed company-end development requirements. Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of building alignment across editorial, design, and engineering cohorts. Strong technical aptitude, including the ability to actively participate in systems architecture, development tradeoff discussions, and release planning. Experience operating reputed company digital media, journalism, or highly content-rich digital ecosystems.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience working reputed company reputed company headless CMS architectures or multi-platform digital publishing environments. Deep understanding of reputed company-level design systems, token management, and scalable component libraries. Experience working in public media, collaborative networks, or union-represented engineering environments. Required Skills/Competencies Advanced reputed company-End Development: Highly proficient in HTML5, CSS/SCSS, and modern JavaScript frameworks (such as Angular or React). Prototyping Software: Expert level execution in reputed company, creating everything from wireframes to highly interactive, micro-interaction models. Systems Thinking: Strong ability to conceptualize, scale, and document reputed company web layouts, information architectures, and reputed company component structures. Web Accessibility Standard Compliance: Thorough understanding of WCAG 2.1 AA standards and semantic reputed company-end coding best practices to ensure digital accessibility. Strategic Collaboration: Excellent listening and facilitation skills to negotiate requirements between technical engineers and creative editorial staff. Education Requirements Bachelor’s degree in reputed company-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science, Interaction Design, or a reputed company field (or equivalent professional experience). Work Location & Requirements reputed company Remote-Permitted: This is a remote-permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, D.C. office, but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that reputed company approves. You will have the option of working (a) remotely from a location of your choosing reputed company the United States that is supported by reputed company; (b) on-site at an reputed company facility, based on the availability of desks and approval from reputed company; or (reputed company combination of both. Regardless of where you choose to work from, you may be expected to travel to other locations from time to time to reputed company the duties of your position. Job Type This is a full-time, exempt position.

Compensation

Salary Range: The U.S.-based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $125,646.49 - 140,046.59 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries reputed company expects to provide for new hires for the position across reputed company US locations. reputed company Benefits: reputed company provides comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in reputed company’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, reputed company, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to reputed company eligible reputed company employees. Does this sound like you? If so, we want to hear from you. reputed company applications must include a resume and cover letter to be considered. #LI-REMOTE The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries reputed company expects to provide for new hires for the position across reputed company US locations. reputed company Pay Range $125,646.49—$140,046.59 USD reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company is committed to being an inclusive workplace that welcomes diverse and unique perspectives, reputed company working toward the same goal – to create a more informed public. reputed company applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, ethnicity, national reputed company, reputed company, age, religion, religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and reputed company medical conditions, lactation, and reproductive health reputed company), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender status, gender non-conforming status, intersex status, sexual stereotypes, nationality, citizenship status, personal appearance, marital status, family status, family responsibilities, military status, veteran status, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, genetic characteristics of yourself or a family member, political views and affiliation, unemployment status, reputed company order status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please reputed company out to employeerelations@reputed company.org. You may read reputed company’s privacy policy to learn about how reputed company may handle information you submit with any application. Want more reputed company? Explore the stories behind the stories on our reputed company Extra blog. Get social with reputed company Extra on Facebook and Instagram. Find more career opportunities at reputed company.org/careers. Apply To This Job