The Star Tribune Media Company is the largest source of news and information in the upper Midwest, delivering more of what matters to Minnesota all day, every day.  In the 16th-largest U.S. market, Star Tribune reaches more consumers than any other media brand, with the country’s 5th-largest Sunday newspaper, the most-visited local website, numerous mobile and tablet apps, and a portfolio of print and digital products. In 2013 the company was recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes, as well as the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce “Best in Business” award.

The Star Tribune is looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing technology team to support the largest media website in the state.  With over 6 million unique visitors every month, you will be working in a high visibility position helping to move forward our initiatives on the web, on various mobile platforms and other emerging technology.  This position will work with all aspects of the Star Tribune, including News, Advertising, Circulation, Classifieds and Marketing, to develop the best possible technical solutions to each problem.

Software Engineers are instrumental in moving the consumer technology of the Star Tribune forward every day.  Your role would be to architect and deploy scaled applications to the traditional web, mobile, tablet, social and app infrastructures in a way that is efficient and effective.  As a growing team, your ability to collaboratively work with our development, design and business resources is vital and your ability to clearly communicate technical challenges and resolutions will be seen as a primary strength.

Because of the changing technology inherit to the job, your ability to learn on the fly, adapt to changing platforms and technology over time and work into a maintainable infrastructure and framework will be key to your success.  We see each of our Software Engineers as a leader and your ability to provide input and guidance into the overall technical direction of StarTribune.com and our other digital properties will help to strengthen all of our products.

We are primarily a PHP/MySQL styled shop but we value the ability to learn, adapt and collaborate over extensive experience with our particular slice of web technologies.  If you have server administration skills and interests, we also have an embedded DevOps team made up of folks who have interests in operations as well as development that all developers can opt to join.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or commensurate work experience.  Experience in a technical capacity on an engineering team, preferably in web and mobile environments.  Ideally, the applicant will have experience working with a heavily trafficked website and across numerous web-enabled platforms.

Demonstrated understanding of internet structures, web programming, development tools, as well as skill working with project managers on active projects or users facing technical problems.  Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies as the opportunities present themselves.  Comfortable in working within a role servicing many different types of internal and external clients.

Programming experience:
•    Experience in web programming languages, e.g. PHP or Python
•    Experience with databases e.g. MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB
•    PHP Framework experience e.g. Zend Framework, Laravel, or CodeIgniter
•    Javascript experience. e.g. jQuery or Node.js
•    Enterprise Content Management System experience a plus
•    Search engine experience such as Solr, Elasticsearch or Lucene a plus
•    Experience with web services e.g. REST, Soap and payment gateways
•    Familiarity with source controls like Subversion or Git is a plus
•    Understanding and experience in object orientated programming techniques and design patterns such as MVC, Subject-Observer, and Factory a plus
•    Familiarity with distributed computing methodologies and concepts