Here at the FT, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500-people strong, our Product and Tech team keeps us ahead of the constantly evolving digital landscape by delivering innovative products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone’s welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there’s no limits to where your FT career will take you.
This is a fantastic chance for an engineer to join the FT Core group as part of the Product & Technology organization within FT.
FT Core brings together key digital assets like:
Content and Metadata - enabling content publishing, smart metadata annotations, content discoverability and delivery in various forms and formats.
Print and Digital Subscriptions - powering a seamless subscription/payments and the whole newspaper distribution customer journeys
Access and Identity - powering a seamless subscription/payments/access and the whole newspaper distribution customer journeys
Data Platform - enabling storing, processing and getting insights from readership data
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:
Work directly with product managers and more senior engineers to fully shape solutions from inception to deployment and beyond
Work within a team of engineers in an agile delivery team
Design and implement low maintenance, well monitored, secure and scalable solutions, from cradle to grave
Understand and play an active part in designing the architecture, tooling and release cycle processes used by the engineering teams across Product & Technology
Contribute to company-wide processes, frameworks and guidelines
Develop a close relationship with our customers and provide operational support
Essential
Desirable
At the FT, we are committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer that seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. We aim to treat all employees in a fair and consistent manner, promote good working relationships to encourage high standards of conduct and performance within a work environment free from harassment, bullying and discrimination. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.
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