Puck Looking for Full-Stack Engineer at New York, NY Full Time

Puck is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to join our dynamic team and help build innovative software applications that support our mission and drive growth. In this role, you will report to the Director of Software Engineering and collaborate closely with our product, editorial, marketing, and data teams to deliver impactful solutions.

As a Full-Stack Engineer, you’ll work across both front-end and back-end development, contributing to the design, implementation, and optimization of features that enhance user experience and support business goals. This is a great opportunity to learn and grow while building scalable, high-performance systems in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. You will also work the front line on Customer Care on an as needed basis to understand customer pain points first hand. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about coding, eager to learn, and a strong problem-solver with a user-first mindset.

This role can be performed out of Puck’s New York headquarters or remotely.

Primary Responsibilities

• Refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt and improve performance.
• Work with senior developers to implement and enhance functionality.
• Identify and fix bugs within front-end and back-end codebases.
• Write clean, well-documented code and maintain up-to-date documentation.
• Work the front line on Customer Service on an as needed basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 1–3 years of experience with full-stack web development, preferably in digital media.
• Fundamental knowledge of PHP and its frameworks (e.g., Laravel and/or WordPress).
• Fundamental knowledge of Javascript and its frameworks (e.g., Vue and/or React).
• Ability to learn quickly and grow alongside senior team members.
• Experience with consuming APIs and integrating them into applications.
• Understanding of server-side rendering, caching, and session management.

Salary, Perks & Benefits

• The salary range for this role is $120,000 – $130,000 OTE, but the final offer amount is dependent on incumbent’s relevant experience, skill-level and location
• Company equity
• Flexible PTO in addition to company holidays
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K
• Endless development opportunities at a fast-growing startup

About Puck

At Puck, we believe that journalists are society’s original influencers. Yet the digital media economy of the last decade created an insurmountable rift between journalists and their followings. Puck exists to change that; we want to return power back to journalists by creating a media platform owned and operated by the journalists themselves. Puck is a news brand dedicated to the inside story, hyper-focused on the four power corners of American culture: Wall Street, Silicon Valley, Washington, and Hollywood. We are focused on the “last mile” of news – what the insiders are really saying.

Puck was founded by media industry veterans and a handful of entrepreneurial journalists. We launched in September 2021 and have been featured in The New York Times, Axios, Bloomberg, and other leading publications. We most recently raised a Series B with TPG Growth, Standard Investments, and J Rothschild Capital Management. We are headquartered in Manhattan with a nationally distributed workforce.