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# Server Side Developer

- **Company:** Guardian News and Media Limited
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £57,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Computer Programming, Databases, Pair Programming, TypeScript, Backend, Video Streaming
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/10145217/server-side-developer/?LinkSource=PromotedJob

## About the Role

* Demonstrated experience as a software developer programming in Scala and Typescript, running in AWS
 * Experience working in Scala back-end and with database and streaming technologies
 * Experience working in a cross-functional team in an agile environment
 * 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.

## Description

* You'll mostly be programming in Scala and TypeScript, running in AWS, but we use the tool that best fits the problem.
 * You'll be working in a cross-functional team, which is empowered to rapidly iterate and release new features.
 * You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming within your team or working closely with developers across other product teams.
 * 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'll be encouraged to help others grow - you will pass on your expertise to other developers, whilst continuing to grow yourself.


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