Full Stack Developer

Guardian News and Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave + 5 extra days

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Volunteering days

Season ticket loans

Private healthcare

Dental insurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

Guardian News and Media Limited is hiring a Full Stack Developer to join the Publishing & Journalism engineering stream. You will work on frontend and backend systems using TypeScript and Scala, in a cross‑functional team that values collaboration, learning, and iterative delivery.

The role offers a hybrid setup with 1 day in the Kings Cross office and 4 days remote, with salary transparency and a culture focused on inclusion and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Proficient in TypeScript and Scala; able to work across frontend and backend
• Solid backend knowledge and willingness to learn TypeScript if needed
• Comfortable working in a cross‑functional team and contributing to product decisions
• Experience with open source or collaboration on GitHub projects is a plus

Responsibilities

• Code frontend and backend to impact team objectives in TS/Scala
• Work in a cross‑functional team and iterate rapidly on features
• Collaborate with editorial and commercial colleagues; participate in product decisions
• Grow skills by moving between teams and learning new technologies
• Contribute to open source projects and share work on GitHub

Skills

TypeScript

Scala

Frontend development

Backend development

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are now looking for a Full Stack Developer to join our Publishing & Journalism engineering stream.

You could be building the products that showcase our progressive and independent journalism, crafting the tools that journalists use to tell their stories or developing the services that allow those stories to be distributed across the globe, and monetised through emerging markets and AI technologies.

About the role

• You’ll be coding on the frontend and backend of one of our systems in order to make an impact towards your team's objectives, typically in Typescript and Scala.
• 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 with other developers or working closely with editorial and commercial colleagues.
• 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 grow - we support moving between teams and roles in order to learn new skills and technologies in whatever direction you choose.
• Much of our code is openly available on GitHub, and some of our projects are widely used throughout the Open Source community. Many of our developers regularly attend and present at conferences.

About you

• As a full-stack engineer, you’ll be comfortable working on the back-end and front-end.
• We typically use Scala and Typescript; you may not be familiar with Scala yet, but you should have a solid back-end knowledge in an equivalent programming language. If you have a Javascript background but don't have familiarity with Typescript, you should be happy to learn Typescript on the job.
• You are excited by the opportunity to shape the future of digital journalism and passionate about web technologies.
• Your interests go beyond just your team's objectives; you are curious about where the organisation is moving as a whole.
• You have a strong interest in growing your skills.
• You can make reasoned choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them.

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media

We operate in a hybrid environment working 1 day a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 4 days a week remotely.

We believe in salary transparency where possible. The salary for new Full Stack Developers at the Guardian starts at £57,000 per annum.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits at the Guardian

• You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
• Season ticket loans are also available.

• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests.
• You can also opt in to dental insurance.

• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
• We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.

We value honesty in your application.

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