JavaScript and Cloud Architect

The Studio at Situation Group crafts award-winning work for the world’s leading entertainment, education and mission-driven brands. The Studio seeks a JavaScript and Cloud Architect to oversee technical projects, cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes. The selected candidate will demonstrate strategic problem solving, a passion for learning new skills and technologies, empathy and grace under pressure and a fanatical attention to detail and thoroughness.

What You’ll Do

This role will report to the Director of Web Development and will have a dual scope of responsibilities:

1. Lead technical execution of a JavaScript/TypeScript-based e-commerce ticketing web application.
2. Lead maintenance and improvement on our development tooling and pipelines, as well as working closely with our hosting partner on cloud infrastructure provisioning, integration and maintenance.

This role is fully remote, but candidates must live and work in a North American time zone to qualify. 

Sample Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop new JavaScript/TypeScript features and enhancements
• Integrate with with 3rd-party ticketing, CRM and other systems
• Manage QA, releases and deployment processes 
• Monitor and investigate CloudWatch error logs
• Maintain and improve automated testing suites
• Optimize database, media delivery, caching and other performance-related processes
• Maintain and improve our local development tooling, documentation and distribution
• Maintain and improve our CI/CD pipelines and related automated processes.
• Coordinate integration and configurations across all servers and cloud infrastructure

Requirements

• 10+ years of software development experience
• 10+ years of full-stack JavaScript experience
• 5+ years of DevOps experience
• 5+ years experience with REST API and e-commerce integrations
• 5+ years experience with CI/CD tools and processes
• 5+ years experience with dependency management and build tools
• Fluent in TypeScript 
• Fluent in software design principles and patterns
• Fluent in automated testing principles and practices
• Strong understanding of Git usage and workflows
• Demonstrated success defining and launching world class, public-facing technology projects
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

We offer a competitive base salary and a range of benefits and perks:

• Salary range: $125,000 - $145,000, commensurate with experience
• Health care plan (medical, dental and vision)
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off package that includes vacation, sick, “life happens” days, birthdays, summer Fridays and public holidays
• Paid family leave
• Cold brew coffee, snacks and fresh fruit
• Wellness resources
• Special access to New York City’s arts and entertainment scene

We have been honored for our commitment to our team with workplace awards from Crain’s, Best Companies Group, Cynopsis, Digiday, and Fortune.

Our Company

The Studio at Situation Group crafts award-winning work for leading entertainment, education and mission-driven brands—WICKED on Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, Columbia University, and No Kid Hungry.

The Studio is part of Situation Group, a digital-first collective of award-winning advertising agencies.