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About the Role

The Multimedia Systems Developer will play a critical role in developing and operating the production platform used daily by multimedia teams at The Guardian to create and publish audio and video content across our UK, Australia and US offices. You will work on the in-house applications and integrations editorial staff rely on, the AWS infrastructure and automation behind them, and the media management systems that underpin them.

Responsibilities

Collate, design, develop, configure, test and release high quality software that supports the evolving requirements of the multimedia editorial teams.
Build and operate event-driven services and integrations on AWS, ensuring solutions delivered are reliable, supportable and maintainable.
Maintain the AWS infrastructure and automation behind the platform, including compute, storage, networking and media-processing services.
Perform technology upgrades and ensure architectural stability across the platform.
Diagnose and fix bugs in a timely manner based on priority, using log-based troubleshooting and performance analysis.
Work with editorial stakeholders and, with guidance from the Multimedia Tech Product Manager, ensure systems continue to meet their needs and evolve the roadmap as required.
Proactively share knowledge, peer-review colleagues’ work and contribute to clear technical documentation.

Requirements

Proven experience as a software developer, systems engineer or similar role, building and operating production systems
Strong programming ability in at least one modern language in the platform stack (Go, TypeScript, React, Electron)
Experience with REST API design and integration with third-party platforms
Hands-on experience with AWS (or an equivalent cloud platform), including compute, storage, networking and IAM
Experience designing event-driven, asynchronous systems on AWS (e.g. Lambda, SQS, webhook-driven integrations) and an understanding of the failure modes of distributed processing
Confident working in Linux environments: command line, systemd, networking, performance tuning and log-based troubleshooting
Familiarity with standard engineering workflow: Git, pull requests, code review and CI/CD pipelines
A practical security mindset around patching, dependency hygiene and least-privilege access
Collaborative approach, with a willingness to share knowledge, peer-review work and support colleagues
Understanding of, or strong interest in, multimedia production workflows.

Skills

Go
TypeScript
React
Electron
AWS
REST API
Linux
Git
CI/CD

Location

Kings Cross

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Software developer
Systems engineer

Salary/Compensations

Minimum salary £30,000 per annum

Benefits

30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
Generous pension scheme (contribute 5%, Guardian contributes 8-12%)
2 volunteering days annually
Option of payroll giving
Season ticket loans
Private healthcare
Life cover
Income protection
Eye tests
Optional dental insurance
Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies
IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy support
Access to employee benefits platform for health and wellbeing support
Free yoga and pilates classes
Corporate gym membership
Cycle to work scheme

About the Company

The Guardian is a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account.
Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
Guardian News and Media is proud to be a London Living wage employer.
We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people.
We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future.
We encourage personal and professional growth.
We champion diversity of thought.
Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace.
We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian.

Equal Opportunity

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best.
Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs.