Senior Backend Engineer — Content & Metadata Platform

Company & Department Context

The Financial Times is one of the world’s 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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FT Core is seeking talented and motivatedSenior 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 FT’s 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, Mongo

DB, Postgre

SQL, Neo4j, Kafka, and Elasticsearch), we are open to candidates with diverse backgrounds who are quick learners and have a strong foundation in software development.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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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