Mid-LevelSenior Backend Engineer Content & Metadata

Company & Department Context

The Financial Times is one of the worlds leading business news organisations recognised internationally for its authority integrity and accuracy. The FT has a record paying readership of one million three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions. It is part of Nikkei Inc. which provides a broad range of information news and services for the global business community.

We have offices in more than 35 cities including London New York Hong Kong Beijing Manila Sofia San Francisco and Tokyo. Join us and find an inclusive and fast-paced environment with unique opportunities to support every step of your career.

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Position Overview

FT Core is seeking talented and motivated Mid-Level/Senior Backend Engineerto join our Content & Metadata team. This team is responsible for the Content & Metadata platform which enables the publishing delivery and enrichment of the digital content produced for the FT products. The team is starting its journey to rethink the way how content is published and consumed and as a member of this team you will be laying the foundation for the next generation of APIs and capabilities used across the FTs products and services.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about learning new technologies thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to solve complex problems. While we value experience in our technology stack (Go Kubernetes AWS MongoDB PostgreSQL Neo4j Kafka and Elasticsearch) we are open to candidates with diverse backgrounds who are quick learners and have a strong foundation in software development.

Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain efficient reusable and reliable code for our microservices architecture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design and ship new features.
• Work with various databases to design and optimise data models and queries.
• Implement optimise and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems.
• Maintain code quality organisation and automatization.

Requirements:

• 2 years of experience in backend development for the Mid-Level role; 5 years for the Senior role.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (experience in Go is a plus).
• Basic understanding of microservices architecture and containerization technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and services.
• Experience with databases (relational document or graph).
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Ability to write clean readable and maintainable code.
• Strong problem-solving debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Go Kubernetes and AWS.
• Familiarity with MongoDB PostgreSQL Neo4j Kafka and Elasticsearch.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum development process.
• Understanding of CI/CD best practices.
• Semantic Search
• AI (LLM)

Whats in it for you

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days paid leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Parental Leave policy
• Food Allowance
• Multisport Card
• Comprehensive in-house training and external training programs (subject to approval)

Our commitment to diversity equity and inclusion

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.

Accessibility

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. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions email and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Further information

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