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Senior Software Engineer - PHP and JavaScript

Financial Times

About the Role

The Financial Times is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic Product & Technology team in Sofia. This role is pivotal in supporting our Specialist Titles, a key revenue-generating part of our business. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on a large portfolio of products, utilizing a diverse range of technologies to build modern web products and services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Aid in technical decision-making to support the technology strategy and guide junior team members.
  • Product Development: Develop and maintain an understanding of the business domains within FT Specialist to shape the development of platforms.
  • Collaboration: Work within the department's strategy and contribute to its ongoing refinement. Communicate widely within the organization to ensure standard processes are understood and adopted.
  • Technology Stack: Utilize a wide range of technologies and patterns required to build modern web products, from CDNs and cloud infrastructure to performance tuning and optimization.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Extensive experience in either frontend development with CSS, JavaScript, and React or backend with NodeJS or PHP.
  • Experience with tooling, monitoring, and engineering for highly fault-tolerant systems in cloud environments.
  • Proficiency in writing automated unit and end-to-end tests.
  • Ability to articulate reasoning behind technical trade-offs and balance customer and business product needs.

Desirable Skills

  • Understanding of modern front-end development and design/UX principles.
  • Experience with the 12-factor methodology.
  • Knowledge of web technologies and their impact on performance and accessibility.

Benefits

  • Health and Wellness: Medical insurance, private health insurance, and life insurance.
  • Work-Life Balance: 25 days of annual paid leave, enhanced parental leave policy, and a work-from-home practice.
  • Professional Development: Access to both in-house and external training programs, with a dedicated training budget for conferences and courses.
  • Additional Perks: Annual bonus scheme, food vouchers, and a Multisport card.

Commitment to Diversity

The Financial Times is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We believe in a supportive workplace where employees can be themselves and have the flexibility to meet their personal needs.

Join us in Sofia and be part of a team that is at the forefront of digital innovation, delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day.

Benefits
Extracted with AI

  • Medical insurance
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
  • 25 days annual paid leave
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Enhanced Parental Leave policy
  • Food Vouchers
  • Multisport Card
  • Work-life balance and work from home practice
  • Both in house and external training programs
  • Your own training dedicated budget (for conferences, courses etc.)

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