Principal Commercial Engineer

News UK is full of talented dedicated and creative people. We are an organisation that holds journalism at our heart. Our newspapers and digital products include some of the most powerful media brands in the English-speaking world: the Times The Sunday Times and The Sun - reaching 30 million people each week. We publish a vast range of content reaching diverse audience and all our brands are united by a commitment to independent journalism which connects with our customers.

The Team: Our Commercial Engineering team is a vital part of the thriving engineering community in Technology at News UK. We design develop and operate News UKs commercial products and platforms. Our mission is to drive strategic goals across the ecosystem starting with the core websites of The Sun and The Times and including a portfolio of products such as Dream Team and Sun Football.

Your Role: As a Principal CommercialEngineer you will be part of a dynamic team that is driving the future of media technology. You will report to the Head of Commercial Engineering and collaborate with a talented group of engineers. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about writing amazing code and constantly improving software architecture.

Who are you

• A natural leader who can steer a team in a positive direction.

• Foster and build culture within your team using the values that we set out as an organisation

• You encourage and drive an open source way of development abiding by open source principles

• You drive evolutionary and challenging architectural solutions which maintain cohesiveness across the organisation as a whole

• You thrive on speaking at events and meetups about what we do

• You take responsibility for knowledge sharing across our co-located engineering teams

• You always have an eye on the industry trends

• You ensure we follow industry best practices

You have:

• Experience creating / contributing to an open source project

• Experience managing a team of software engineers

• Architected and built performant scalable resilient public facing products

• Experience in Javascript

• Experience with state management systems such as Redux

• Experience in Node JS and Express

• Experience in AWS cloud platforms

Bonus if you have:

• An understanding digital advertising or Google Ad Manager (DFP)

• Experience building applications with high traffic volumes

• Experience in PHP/Wordpress

Life at News
Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and Next Gen.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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