Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.
We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.
Candidate
Verisign is looking for a junior engineer to expand the Verisign Web Marketing Development team.
An ideal candidate should be familiar with JavaScript and have prior experience in web development, including building frontend pages and components, and managing site tooling and dependencies. We build and manage high visibility websites that are informational and educational in nature, so creating performant UX components and templates is a priority for the team. Exposure to additional languages and technologies (AWS/Cloud, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Bash) is advantageous. We seek a candidate with strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including core Computer Science concepts, as well as hands-on problem-solving experience building software systems.
The candidate will be involved in all aspects of product development including ideation, design, implementation, deployment, and issue resolution. This will usually imply cross-team collaboration with Product, Marketing, Engineering, Security and Operations teams. The candidate is expected to provide technical contributions and work collaboratively with other team members.
Product
Web Marketing operates a set of customer-facing web applications and static sites, which deliver informational content and the latest news from Verisign. This includes the primary corporate site of verisign.com, several product and campaign focused sites, and a public blog. The team is on course to unify all these sites under a common framework, toolset, and design system which allows for reuse of front-end components. Additionally, the team operates their infrastructure in the public cloud and is responsible for maintaining and improving those platforms.
This team manages a collection of front-end components, including site templates, themes, and Web Components for interactivity, as well as a git-based content editing workflow.
Team
The team possesses extensive technical ownership over the product. The work style of the team is closer to an internal startup where all the team members are involved in the majority of product development phases and are flexible moving between focus areas.
The team follows Agile Development methodology relying on daily Scrums with tickets prioritized in Jira. Our code is located on internal GitHub; we utilize pull request code reviews. For continuous delivery, we use Jenkins with pipelines and our product deployments are automated with Docker, Ansible, and Terraform.
It is clearly beneficial if the candidate has experience working with some of the tools mentioned.
Skills
Required
- Expertise in JavaScript
- Frontend web development experience: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Ability to optimize webpage loading and rendering
- Working knowledge of at least one version control system: Git, SVN, etc.
- Experience with common website toolchains and dependencies: npm, webpack/babel, prettier, postCSS, etc.
- OS: Familiarity with UNIX-like operating systems
- Demonstration of understanding of Secure Coding standards.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), eager to learn new technologies
Advantageous
- Frameworks: StencilJS, Astro, Tailwind CSS
- Frontend Testing frameworks: Jest, Enzyme, Mocha, BrowserStack, StoryBook
- Test Automation: Unit/Integration/UI testing (Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer)
- AWS Public cloud services including Cloudfront, S3 and Route53
- Methodology: Scrum
- Scripting: Bash, Python
- Containerization: Docker
- CI/CD/CM: Git, Jenkins, Gradle, Yarn
- Deployment Automation: Ansible, Terraform
- CDN configuration/management experience
Education and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field with 2+ years software development experience
- or a Master’s degree with hands-on software development work experience through demonstrable projects or internships
- or equivalent experience
This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.
The pay range is $89,900 - $121,700.
The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.
Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.
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Reasonable Accommodations
Staffing agency policy: No fees will be paid for unsolicited resumes submitted to Verisign or our employees by third parties.
Skills Required
- Expertise in JavaScript
- Frontend web development: HTML
- Frontend web development: CSS
- Frontend web development: TypeScript
- Ability to optimize webpage loading and rendering
- Working knowledge of at least one version control system (Git, SVN, etc.)
- Experience with website toolchains and dependencies: npm, webpack/babel, prettier, postCSS
- Familiarity with UNIX-like operating systems
- Demonstration of understanding of Secure Coding standards
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; eagerness to learn
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field with 2+ years software development experience, or Master's with demonstrable projects/internships, or equivalent experience
- Frameworks: StencilJS, Astro, Tailwind CSS
- Frontend testing frameworks: Jest, Enzyme, Mocha, BrowserStack, StoryBook
- Test automation: Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer
- AWS services: CloudFront, S3, Route53
- Scrum methodology experience
- Scripting: Bash, Python
- Containerization: Docker
- CI/CD/CM: Jenkins, Gradle, Yarn
- Deployment automation: Ansible, Terraform
- CDN configuration/management experience
VERISIGN Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VERISIGN and has not been reviewed or approved by VERISIGN.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescriptions, telemedicine, behavioral-health resources, and specialized programs for family building and midlife support. Onsite wellness amenities such as the Reston fitness center further support day-to-day wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to licensed financial coaching. These offerings provide structured support for long-term savings as part of total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Employer-posted salary ranges and structured pay bands reduce uncertainty and clarify how roles are compensated. Public ranges for technical roles indicate competitive positioning relative to the market.
VERISIGN Insights
What We Do
Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce.
