Senior Backend Engineer - AI & Personalization Platform
Summary
Senior backend engineer building AI-driven personalization features and scalable systems for millions of readers at a major news organization, using AWS, Postgres/MySQL, and CI/CD pipelines.
The Washington Post seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead personalization and scalable full-stack work on the Platform Engineering team. You’ll build AI-enabled features and data pipelines, collaborating with data scientists to deploy models that affect millions of readers.
You will design robust systems on AWS with Postgres/MySQL, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in testing and CI/CD, all while supporting journalism with impactful software. On-site five days a week.
