Software Engineer, Home Page - Full-stack

We are seeking a dedicated Software Engineer to join our Home Page team. This role will focus on developing and maintaining our web technologies, ensuring a seamless experience for users exploring their ancestry. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both front-end and back-end development utilizing JavaScript frameworks such as React, Node.js, and Java. What you will do... Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, UX/UI designers, and other engineers to develop and maintain Ancestry's home page. Design, build, and implement scalable and efficient full-stack solutions, ensuring high-performance and responsiveness. Develop user-centric features using React for the front-end and Node.js, Java for the back-end. Participate in code reviews and discussions to ensure quality standards and best practices are maintained. Troubleshoot and debug applications, identifying and rectifying performance bottlenecks as they arise. Contribute to the continual improvement of the development process and integration of new technologies. Ensure that the system architecture supports scalability and security requirements. Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in software development and ancestry-related domains to propose innovative solutions.

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person's story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of more than 40 billion records, over 3 million subscribers and over 23 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we've built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.