Software Engineer

Who you are

• Experience in JavaScript and/or Typescript
• Experience using React in production
• Commercial web development experience using HTML, CSS and JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience writing automated tests, such as unit, integration or functional tests
• An understanding of web performance and accessibility
• An understanding of software quality and testing practices
• Experience working in an agile, cross-functional product team
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• The confidence to take ownership of work while seeking support and feedback when needed
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn technologies outside your current comfort zone
• Experience using the Next.js framework is desirable but not essential
• Experience in developing on cloud infrastructure (AWS) is desirable

What the job involves

• We are looking for a mid-level software engineer to join our Web team
• Our mission is to grow our core audience by helping new and existing users discover and engage with more of our journalism
• Economist.Com is an essential window into outstanding content, video and audio and we are growing our engineering team to create a fast, intuitive web experience that encourages users to explore more of our content and, importantly, to keep coming back
• You will join a collaborative, cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, designers and other specialists
• We work iteratively, delivering changes in small increments so that we can learn quickly and get valuable features into the hands of our users
• We trust our engineers to take ownership, make pragmatic decisions and deliver high-quality software
• You will be supported to understand our systems and start contributing to production during your first week
• At The Economist Group we believe having the right work-life balance is super important; striking a balance between your personal and professional life is critical to wellbeing and happiness
• We offer flexible working and have a 'remote first' working policy with a minimum expectation of coming to the Birmingham office two days a month – however, you can come in more often if you wish to
• Design, build, test and deliver software that supports our product and business goals
• Take increasing ownership of work throughout the software development lifecycle, from refinement and implementation through to deployment and ongoing support
• Work across React, Next.js and TypeScript applications deployed to AWS, contributing to both frontend and backend services that support our customer experiences
• Make pragmatic technical decisions and clearly communicate any trade-offs
• Help shape and deliver our quarterly roadmap
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers and other specialists to turn ideas and requirements into well-defined, deliverable work
• Apply and help improve the team’s engineering standards, tools and development practices
• Champion the performance, accessibility, quality, security and observability of our applications
• Maintain clear and useful documentation so that others can understand and work with our systems
• Participate openly in team discussions and help create an environment in which everyone can contribute
• Take ownership of your development, remaining curious and willing to learn beyond your current areas of experience

Benefits

• Team +/ individual performance bonuses
• Extended life assurance
• Training and development programmes
• Funding available for further education
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance