Company description:

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is the best and fastest place to see what’s happening and what people are talking about all around the world. Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We believe real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.

Company Highlights

• Founded in 2006

• Headquarters in San Francisco, CA

• 70% of users are international

• 7000+ employees globally

Who We Are

At Twitter it is our responsibility to foster a healthy global conversation, inclusive and open to everyone in the world. The Societal Health team is tasked with safeguarding the public conversation against some of the most complex and urgent problems that Twitter faces across Misinformation, Terrorism and Violent Extremist Groups, and Civic Integrity. Protecting and empowering Twitter’s users to deal with these problem areas is important and deeply rewarding work. We are a tightly-knit and mission driven group with diverse backgrounds and we are looking for exceptional JavaScript engineers to join our team.

What You’ll Do

As part of Societal Health’s JavaScript team you'll be building both brand new experiences along with improving existing core experiences in service of improving user safety and trust and resilience to misinformation and other harmful content. 

This job is more than JavaScript. Your non-coding skills (Communication, Mentoring, Project Management, etc) are very important. We believe that leadership comes from everywhere, and it's important that our Developers have the skills to lead complex projects successfully within a large organization. Our work is deeply cross-functional and building strong relationships across Product, User Research, Design, Data Science, and cross platform engineering teams will be critical to the success of this role.

Familiarity with or interest in learning any of the following is a plus: React, Webpack, Babel, ES6, Node/Express, SSR, React Native, Redux, React Router, GraphQL

Who You Are

• You have a deep interest in the spread, impact and mitigation of misinformation, terrorist or violent extremist group content in social media.

• You have experience with or are interested in learning about adversarial problem spaces.

• You’ve held product engineering roles, and have experience translating complex requirements into scalable, extensible implementations with an eye toward maximizing reuse.

• You are familiar with standard software engineering methodology, e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation.

• You have experience in software development and executing using agile / scrum methodologies.

• You are familiar with the best practices of system and online service design - e.g. monitoring and observability, making informed performance trade-offs, maintainability and extensibility, etc.

• You know when it’s okay to take on technical debt, and you eventually pay it down.

• You are interested in working closely with a diverse, multi-functional team.

• You think critically about users’ and partner teams’ needs and can distill those findings into features and products.

• You ground your decisions with data and reasoning and can adapt to new information to make informed choices.

• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment and interact effectively with others.

• You bring thoughtful perspectives, empathy, creativity, and a positive attitude to solve problems at scale.

• You’re willing to be mentored and to mentor others.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, or a related field, and/or equivalent work experience.

Here’s all the legal good stuff:

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

Exposure to sensitive or graphic content including but not limited to vulgar language, violent threats, pornography, and other graphic images

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Notice (Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act)

The expected salary range for this role to be performed in Colorado is USD$128,000.00 - USD$179,000.00. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for participation in Twitter’s Performance Bonus Plan and Equity Incentive Plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

Twitter offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, sick time, and parental leave. Twitter's benefits prioritize employee wellness and progressive support to our diverse workforce.