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This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer to join the FT Core group as part of the Product & Technology organisation within FT.
FT Core brings together key digital assets like:
Content and Metadata - enabling content publishing, discoverability and targeting
Membership - powering a seamless subscription/payments/access and the whole newspaper distribution customer journeys
Data Platform - enabling storing, processing and getting insights from readership data
You will have the autonomy to select the tools and technologies you need to build and operate services responsible for FT brand critical capabilities. Someone who is comfortable with the ever changing technical landscape and is keen to contribute to the company’s processes and broader know-how would thrive in this role.
Working in the Data Platform team you will be responsible for delivering innovative technical solutions as you build and operate world class platforms to grow the Financial Times strategic business models. To help you understand in more details the Financial Times’ Data Platform team’s goals and projects take a look at this article.
We have recently published our Engineering Progression framework and associated competencies for a Software Engineer relevant to this position
We often use these, it's not an exhaustive list but gives you a taste of what our technology stack and tools look like:
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