Senior Software Engineer, News Automation Platform

We are a collaborative team and try not to create silos around individual projects. Engineers have the opportunity to understand different parts of the platform, contribute to technical decisions, own projects and work directly with colleagues in News, Product and Engineering.

We’ll trust you to:

• Design, build and evolve software that powers automated news and insights at significant scale
• Take ownership of projects from early ideas and technical design through implementation, testing and production
• Help modernise our distributed content-generation platform, improving its performance, flexibility, scalability and maintainability
• Build tools that improve observability and data governance, making it easier to trace data from source to publication and understand issues when they occur
• Develop intelligent systems that identify anomalies in the content we produce while keeping false positives under control
• Contribute to AI-powered tools that help editors and reporters work more efficiently, with a strong focus on accuracy, evaluation and user experience
• Collaborate with Newsroom, Product and Engineering teams to turn sometimes ambiguous needs into practical technical solutions
• Improve the reliability, testing and operability of our systems, and contribute ideas on how we can make the platform and our engineering practices better

• 4+ years of Experience developing production software in Python, Java, C++ or a similar programming language
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience building reliable, maintainable and well-tested production systems
• Experience designing, building or evolving distributed-system with strong focus on architectural trade-offs
• The ability to break down problems, consider trade-offs and work towards practical solutions
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues
• A sense of ownership and curiosity about the systems you work on
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a similar field of study, or equivalent practical experience

We’d love to see:

• Experience building or operating high-throughput event-driven systems
• Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Experience with observability, data lineage or data governance
• Experience building applications using LLMs, including prompting, evaluation or testing of AI systems
• Experience with TypeScript, React or other frontend technologies
• An interest in improving engineering practices, sharing knowledge and learning from others

If indicated, please note that years of experience are a guide; we will consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.