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About the Role

This role is for a senior engineer to help implement and support the collaboration tools and services used by the staff of the Financial Times, reporting into the Head of Collaboration Tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architectural decisions for collaboration tooling platforms.
• Act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities within collaboration tooling.
• Engage with other disciplines, groups and teams across FT Technology and beyond.
• Contribute to the product and renewal roadmaps for the tools the team owns.
• Understand the capabilities our collaboration tools provide, and stay abreast of relevant developments in the marketplace.
• Help manage and select suppliers of key collaboration tools or technologies.
• Liaise with vendors and internal customers of collaboration tools.
• Help set and reinforce our inclusive, respectful, multidisciplinary, and open culture.
• Help to improve the technology, processes and skills of the team.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, operational practices and architectural principles for collaboration tooling and associated integrations.
• Make and communicate sound technical decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Act as a technical escalation point for complex problems.
• Translate emerging technologies, particularly AI and automation, into practical business value.

Requirements

• Ability to raise the skills and performance of those around you
• Keen to take action whilst being pragmatic
• Passion for realistic, high-quality engineering excellence
• Attention to detail and common sense
• Being collaborative and supportive
• Enjoy learning and teaching
• A love of solving problems with technology

Skills

• AI capabilities within collaboration tooling
• Collaboration tools such as ChatGPT, Google Workspace, Google Gemini, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Figma, Make, MASV, Monday.com, Zapier, LucidChart & LucidSpark
• Emerging technologies, particularly AI and automation

Location

• Remote
• Hybrid

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior engineer

Benefits

• Generous annual leave
• Medical cover
• Inclusive parental leave packages
• Subsidised gym memberships
• Opportunities to give back to the community

About the Company

• The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.
• At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded.
• Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.
• In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.
• Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you.
• With no fixed path, you’ll discover new skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.
• Build a newsworthy career at the FT.
• Infrastructure & Operations has around 90 people working in multiple teams that have diverse remits, including: cloud services, code management, the management and provision of end-user devices, collaboration tools, networking, a global service desk, identity and access management, and technical operations support.
• We value transparency, accountability, shared responsibility and teamwork.
• The team works closely together with a very supportive, knowledge-sharing ethos.
• We ensure FT Staff have the tools they need to run a business providing world-class journalism to our customers.
• We support informal knowledge sharing alongside more formal training opportunities.

Equal Opportunity

• We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued.
• A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential.
• We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
• We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.
• Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview.