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Hi! We’re the engineering team at Medium. At a time when we have an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, our goal at Medium is to make it easier for humans to read—and write—things that actually matter. To do that, our team creates simple and beautiful product experiences that prioritize our users. Currently, 170 million readers come to Medium for insightful and dynamic thinking—and we’re growing fast. We’d be thrilled for you to join us.
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Team member Q&A.
Whitney O'Banner
Engineering Manager
How has your perception of the company changed since you joined?
How should candidates prepare for interviews?
What makes the team effective?
What role does writing play within the team?
Why do team members stay at the company?
Penny Shen
Software Engineer
How much agency does each individual engineer have?
What are the hours like and is remote work permitted?
What challenges are you most looking forward to in the next 12 months?
What's hard about what you're building?
Christopher Koenig
Software Engineer
How does the team recognize good work?
What company value resonates with you the most?
What will new hires experience in their first 30 days?
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Useful links
- Check out the official Medium blog for updates from our company and our team members.
- Read about what we’re working on right now in this blog post.
- Read about our engineering onboarding processes in this article.
- Learn about our engineering interview process and the qualities we seek in candidates in this article.
- In this blog post, read about the recent changes we made to our publishing tools, reading platform, and content offering to make Medium more expressive and relational.
- Check out this blog post to learn what conversations about diversity and inclusion look like at Medium.
Collaboration Practices
- Team stand ups
- All company FAM (Friday Afternoon Meeting) bi-weekly
- Performance Reviews: Twice yearly
- Growth Assessments: Twice Yearly
- Scrum
Hours & location
- Work in US time zones
- Mixed on-site and remote
- Work from anywhere
Tools we use
- React
- Node.js
- GraphQL APIs
Company-level stats
- VC-backed
- CEO is a founder
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