Web Engineer
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
Haystack News's standard text
Haystack News is the leading local & world news service on Connected TVs reaching millions of users! This is a unique opportunity to work at Haystack News, one of the fastest-growing TV startups in the world. We are already preloaded on 37% of all TVs shipped in the US!
Be part of a Silicon Valley startup and work directly with the founding team. Jumpstart your career by working with Stanford & Carnegie Mellon alumni and faculty who have already been part of other successful startups in Silicon Valley.
You should join us if you're hungry to learn how Silicon Valley startups thrive, you like to ship quickly and often, love to solve challenging problems, and like working in small teams.
See how Haystack is leveraging AI at Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91017834/ai-is-coming-for-your-local-weather-report
Responsibilities:
- Develop new features and maintain code for Haystack’s Web and HTML-based SmartTV apps
- Collaborate with UI/UX team, QA, and other stakeholders to carry through development during sprint cycles
- Work on architectural improvements to the company’s web-based platforms and participate in design reviews
- Code review peers work
- Implement unit tests and other quality measures to ensure code is released safely and with high performance
- Optimize code where necessary to speed up the app and increase performance
- Monitor production app for errors to ensure everything is running smoothly for customers
Qualifications and requirements
- Strong written and spoken English are a must!
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with over 2 years of related professional work experience
- Strong software engineering skills with expertise in Javascript, HTML and CSS
- Experience with Javascript/Typescript
- Experience with React, Redux, React-Router
- Experience with Jquery and DOM manipulation.
- Experience with Node JS and Express or similar frameworks
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong communication skills (No Agencies Please)
Some of our perks:
- Travel to team's offsite events
- 100% paid Uber rides to go to the office
- Learn about multiple platforms
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Express · Node.js · Redux · jQuery
Rare in Haystack News's other 8 open postings.
Standard for frontend roles
CSS · HTML · JavaScript · React · TypeScript
Common in frontend postings at any company.
63% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Haystack News's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Haystack News's other open postings on this site.
The team: Client Engineering
This role is one of 5 open in Client Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Android (4 of 5), iOS (3 of 5), CSS (2 of 5), Figma (2 of 5), HTML (2 of 5), JavaScript (2 of 5), Node.js (2 of 5)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- UX Designer posted Dec 9
- Product Designer posted Dec 9
- QA Engineer posted Jul 17
- Android Engineer posted Mar 8
From the team and dates on Haystack News's own job board.
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