At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate.

Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow.

Empower your impact at Cision. Be seen, be understood, be you.

Job Summary: As a Senior Software Engineer, the role is focused on developing and driving forward CisionOne’s media intelligence platform and the systems/processes required to support it. Working with the Ruby on Rails and VueJS frameworks and other relevant backend and frontend technologies, you will be part of a team of existing software engineers building and enhancing CisionOne’s desktop and mobile apps, support systems and will help to plan & design future innovations.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Collaborate with CisionOne's Product Managers, Business Developers, Account Managers and customers to understand requirements of product features and business problems.
• Design data and software structure to bring these features to life and solve these problems, extending existing components from the CisionOne architecture or adding new ones.
• Discover and evaluate external libraries, services and APIs that can be leveraged to speed up development process.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to accelerate delivery, applying sound judgement to review, test and take ownership of any AI-generated code.
• Write version-controlled code to implement the agreed solution, primarily with the Ruby on Rails framework on the backend and the VueJS framework on the frontend, following industry best practices and CisionOne's conventions.
• Write automated unit and end-to-end test to validate the behaviour of the features.
• Submit code for reviews of accuracy, maintainability and efficiency performed by automated quality checks as well as other engineers in the team;
• Review code written by other engineers in the team;
• Deploy code to CisionOne's preview and staging environments for testing and validation;
• Gather feedback from various stakeholders and adjust solutions accordingly;
• Merge and deploy code to production environments and monitor for unexpected behaviour;
• Investigate and fix feature or performance issues reported by internal or external users of CisionOne's products;

Skills & Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience.
• Working with the Ruby on Rails and VueJS frameworks and other relevant backend and
  frontend technologies.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot responsibly and
  effectively, with a critical eye for the quality, security and correctness of their output.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and/or deliver on complex software systems.
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot.
• Understand software best practice and advise accordingly.

Preferred skills:

• Some DevOps experience, particularly with Kubernetes and Elasticsearch.
• Media/news/content experience is highly advantageous.
• Experience working with Excel, Project Management Tools/CRM tools/Boolean Search.

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today's data driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them.

Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.

Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.

Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact hr.support@cision.com

Cision, Inc. "the Company" only communicates with candidates and extends job offers through direct channels, not third parties.

Please review our Global Candidate Data Privacy Statement to learn about Cision’s commitment to protecting personal data collected during the hiring process.