Software Developer - Frontend

News 12 is our award-winning, hyper local news station covering communities throughout Long Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester, Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey. News 12 New York is our National streaming service for regional news, weather and News 12 originals.

If you’re committed to delivering high quality news and storytelling with a hyper local lens, we have positions available for both on and off-air talent with opportunities for development and growth.

The Software Developer - Frontend will build and maintain high-performance digital solutions that power News 12’s customer-facing and internal platforms. Working within a modern cloud-hosted environment, they will contribute to front-end software design decisions, UI quality standards, and collaborate closely with backend and product teams to deliver exceptional experiences.

• Contributor in designing and developing scalable, maintainable React applications following modern best practices.
• Participate in estimation, sprint planning, and daily status reporting of assigned tasks.
• Participate in code reviews to uphold high standards of code quality and accessibility.
• CSS implementation including responsive design, theming, and performance
• Monitor and improve responsiveness and other key browser metrics for your deliverables.
• Stay current with latest technologies and best practices in the industry.

• 2+ years of professional frontend development experience
• 3+ years experience in React, including hooks, context, state management patterns, and performance optimization techniques
• Clear understanding of modern Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) including layouts (Flexbox, Grid) and responsive design
• Familiarity with at least some best practices for software development using AI
• Experience instrumenting frontend observability: logging, performance metrics, alerting, and dashboards
• Experience with frontend testing frameworks
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset
• Understands software security best practices
• Must have a strong desire for self-improvement
• Strong understanding of software development processes, procedures, and technology

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $83,538.00 - $ / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Please note that at this time, we do not provide visa sponsorship for employment.