Software Engineer

About the job

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of 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.

We're now looking for a Full Stack Software Developer to work on Ophan, the Guardian's in-house developed, real time analytics tool. You'll be part of the software engineering team, responsible for applications used by our Stakeholders.

At GNM we see data as an asset that is critical for informing our business and driving performance. Data supports all areas of operations: informing our editors choices; supporting advertising revenue; and supporting our reader revenue teams to acquire more supporters and increase revenue per supporter.

About The Role

• You'll mostly be programming in Scala and Typescript, running in AWS, but we use the tool that best fits the problem.
• You'll work with elasticsearch to deliver real time data insights.
• You'll work with SQL and BigQuery.
• You'll be working in a cross-functional team, which is empowered to rapidly iterate and release new features.
• You'll be active in the development, maintenance and evolution of existing data applications
• You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming with other developers or working closely with editorial and commercial colleagues.
• Sometimes deciding what code to write is as hard as writing the code itself. As an engineer you'll be involved in product decisions as well as technical ones.
• You have a strong interest in growing your skills even further.

About You

• As a full-stack engineer, you'll be comfortable working on the back-end and front-end
• We typically use Scala and Typescript; you may not be familiar with Scala yet, but you should have a solid back-end knowledge in an equivalent programming language. If you have a Javascript background but don't have familiarity with Typescript, you should be happy to learn Typescript on the job.
• You are excited by the opportunity to shape the future of digital journalism.
• Your interests go beyond just your team's objectives; you are curious about where the organisation is moving as a whole.
• You have a strong interest in growing your skills.
• You can make reasoned choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them.
• We believe diversity of people, backgrounds, experience and ideas helps us to build better products and achieve more. We welcome applicants who have taken traditional and non-traditional career paths into software development.

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 actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

How To Apply

To apply, please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why you'd love to take on this role, and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.

We appreciate the time taken to prepare each application we receive. We do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.

The closing date for applications is Friday 18th April 2025.

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. Please contact Anna Vipers on anna.vipers@theguardian.com to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

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