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About the Role
This 12-month fixed-term contract role involves building a new Developer Experience platform to enhance the efficiency of the Guardian's engineering team by improving observability, deployment capabilities, and software development ease. As a server-side engineer, you will work with Scala back-end, databases, and streaming technologies.
Responsibilities
- Programming primarily in Scala and TypeScript, running in AWS.
- Working in a cross-functional, empowered team for rapid feature iteration and release.
- Collaborating through pair programming and working closely with developers across product teams.
- Participating in product and technical decision-making.
- Mentoring other developers and continuing personal growth.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience as a software developer programming in Scala and Typescript, running in AWS.
- Experience working in Scala back-end and with database and streaming technologies.
- Experience working in a cross-functional team in an agile environment.
- Excitement for shaping the future of digital journalism.
- Curiosity about the organization's overall direction.
Skills
- Scala
- TypeScript
- AWS
- Database technologies
- Streaming technologies
- Agile methodologies
Location
- Kings Cross
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Salary/Compensations
- £57,000 per year
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- Generous pension scheme (5% employee contribution matched by 8-12% employer contribution)
- 2 volunteering days annually
- Option of payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- 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 policies
- 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
- A diverse and inclusive global organisation delivering fearless, investigative journalism.
- Comprised of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts.
- Offers a challenging and exciting environment for career development with a focus on training, growth, and fostering an inclusive culture.
- Much of the code is openly available on GitHub, with some projects widely used in the Open Source community.
- Developers regularly attend and present at conferences.
- Achieved B Corp status, the first major media organisation to do so.
- Champions diversity of thought through various employee forums.
Equal Opportunity
- Actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
- Value and respect all differences in all people.
- Aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience served.
- Ensure people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard, and they can contribute to the future.
- Actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
- All roles are open for everybody to apply.
- Provide support and comfort throughout the recruitment process.
- Make changes to help applications, including providing documents in accessible formats or personalizing the process.