Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services.

Our current portfolio of media assets includes USA TODAY, local media organizations in 46 states in the U.S., and Newsquest, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with more than 120 local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc., which are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures.

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Software Engineer, Front-End

LOCALiQ is the marketing solution from the USA TODAY NETWORK providing businesses the smarter way to reach local customers. As local marketing becomes more complex, LOCALiQ empowers local businesses with unique insights from 125 million consumers in our network of sites, apps and experiences and learnings from millions of local leads delivered each year. We couple that with end to end service from our experts using local marketing best practices proven across the country. LOCALiQ simplifies local marketing and provides our clients the confidence of growing.

Our core values: Community, Progress through Passion, Action with Purpose and Belief in People. If you share these values, come join our family!

About the Opportunity:
Our Product and Technology team building best-in-class digital marketing solutions for small SMB clients is looking for a Software Engineer-Front-End. This individual will be designing, and building software and applications providing leading edge products directly impacting the client experience. They will need to be able to grasp both product and technical requirements, and have the ability to translate them into working applications and functionality across our platform. You will participate in all phases of the fulfillment cycle: from product definition and design through implementation, debugging, and testing.

We are a fast-paced engineering team working to build the next generation of Digital Marketing management systems partnering with Google, Bing, Snap, and Facebook. If you are profoundly technical, analytical, and eager to build solutions that directly impact the company's core values, we want to talk to you!

About the Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, and coordinate the development of modern flexible UIs & RESTful services
• Work closely with Product & UX to turn complex requirements & mock-ups into scalable, tested, & reliable technical solutions
• Integrate with internal as well as third-party web services and components
• Consistently follow and continue to improve our engineering processes, including code reviews, deployment, and issue tracking.
• Document application changes / updates

About You:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer using modern front-end frameworks (React.js/Vue/Angular/etc.) React.js preferred!
• Experience with Redux or Flux
• A thorough understanding of RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of secure authorization methods such as JWT
• Experience with Webpack/NPM/Node/Babel or other similar technologies
• Experience working with UI Frameworks (Material UI preferred)
• Knowledge of source code management tools, ticketing systems, and wikis for collaboration on code, e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git.
• Experience with Agile processes such as SCRUM or Kanban.
• Experience with Analytics frameworks such as Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics
• Experience with A/B testing UIs
• Ability to be a self-starter, work as part of a larger team, or independently.
• Have a love for solving problems with modern technology

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