Backend Developer

Company:  TEGNA
Location: Washington
Closing Date: 06/11/2024
Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA’s OTT advertising service. For more information, visit

Tens of millions of Americans engage with TEGNA’s digital products every month and the Development and Design group is responsible for all of it. Our team builds user-facing websites, mobile apps, OTT apps, and custom editorial tools. And while TEGNA is a large, publicly traded company, our development team runs nimble and lean – more like a startup. We are a fun group of professionals who enjoy getting things done and using new technologies.

We are looking for a .Net Developer to join our backend development team. This developer will be responsible for supporting existing applications and infrastructure as well as developing new technologies. A successful candidate will like learning new technologies/tools and working in a team environment.

This is a full-time, remote position .

Responsibilities

  1. Work with other developers, designers and product/business managers to develop new features consistent with product roadmap while following all coding standards.
  2. Review development work of other developers or be called on as a resource to investigate and resolve product issues.
  3. Build, deploy and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
  4. Attention to detail.
  5. Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
  6. Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
  7. Learn and absorb new technologies quickly.
  8. Be a strong team player and rapidly adapt to changing business and customer demands.

Requirements

  1. Proficient with .NET Core, C#, MVC, JSON.
  2. Experience building and/or interfacing with RESTful APIs.
  3. Experience with programming and troubleshooting.
  4. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
  5. Willingness to learn new technologies and frameworks as needed.
  6. Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
  7. Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.
  8. Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases considered a plus.
  9. Experience developing for and on cloud-based systems a plus, but not required.

Benefits

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO Statement

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email

Recruiting Fraud Alert

To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background. Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.

Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers. If you are unsure if a message is from TEGNA, please email

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