Slate is a Brooklyn-based digital magazine and podcast publisher whose stack blends WordPress, Stripe, Patreon and Substack with a PHP/Laravel and React engineering core. Job-post signals point beyond publishing: work on a WordPress plug-in for publishers, migrating subscribers off competing platforms and client adoption consulting suggests a subscription or creator-monetization product line, with support hiring rising alongside media roles.
Slate is a general-interest online publication founded in 1996, offering analysis and commentary on politics, news, business, technology and culture. Alongside its website, it operates a podcast network producing more than 20 shows, including the daily news podcast What Next. The company is privately held, employs 201–500 people and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. Production runs on tools such as Pro Tools, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro and Simplecast, while audience and revenue operations use Mailchimp, HubSpot, Google Analytics, Amplitude and Stripe.
Slate runs WordPress on PHP and Laravel with Nginx, Varnish, Redis and PostgreSQL, React and Vue front ends, Docker on AWS, plus Stripe, Mailchimp, HubSpot and Amplitude for revenue and audience.
Yes, hiring is accelerating in the United States, concentrated in media and support roles with some engineering, mostly at junior and mid levels.
Current work includes the daily news podcast What Next, a WordPress plug-in for publishers, migrating subscribers from competing platforms, onboarding internal podcasters and building third-party integrations.
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