Sr Python Full Stack Engineer

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend services in Python and Azure/AWS.

Solid experience with microservices architecture, event-driven patterns, and cloud-native principles.

Proficiency with databases and datastores.

Experience with containerization, orchestration, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and terraform.

Frontend familiarity with React(or similar), TypeScript/JavaScript, component/state management, and modern build tooling.

Hands-on with Git, trunk/branching strategies, code reviews, and CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar).

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

Architect, design, develop, and deploy Python microservices and APIs within an event-driven, cloud-native ecosystem.

Build and maintain user-facing applications using a modern JavaScript framework (e.g., React) integrated with Python backends

Lead technical design reviews, establish coding standards, and mentor engineers across onshore/offshore teams.

Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery, improve documentation, and increase test coverage.

Collaborate with Product, DevOps, Security, Data/ML, and Architecture teams to deliver well-integrated, observable, and maintainable solutions.

Drive reliability and performance: implement robust monitoring, tracing, and alerting; identify and resolve bottlenecks; champion SLOs and error budgets.

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.

TEGNA

is seeking a

Senior Python Full Stack Developer

to design, build, and scale secure, resilient services and user-facing applications that power our content platform, APIs, digital products, and data-driven workflows. You will lead initiatives across a modular, cloud-native architecture supporting media asset management, editorial tooling, content curation, and personalized user experiences. This is a hands-on role with significant impact across backend services, modern frontend stacks, and the DevOps toolchain.