Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

The Financial Times; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Medical cover

Parental leave packages

Gym memberships

Community volunteering

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and architecture of our collaboration tooling platforms, guiding engineers across the team. You will act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities and help teams adopt AI-powered features safely.

You will collaborate with other disciplines, evangelise the tools we own, and contribute to roadmaps for tooling and integrations, while staying ahead of marketplace developments.

Qualifications

• Senior engineer capable of leading design and architecture for collaboration tooling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architectural decisions for collaboration tooling platforms, guiding engineers.
• Act as SME for AI capabilities within collaboration tooling and help teams adopt AI-powered features.
• Engage with other teams to ensure effective collaboration and evangelise tools we own.
• Contribute to product and renewal roadmaps for the tools we manage.
• Stay updated on market developments and manage supplier relationships for key tools.

Skills

Leadership

Technical design

AI capabilities

Mentoring

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Slack

Zapier

Figma

DevOps

Job description

Salary: £62,000 - 88,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for a senior engineer to help implement and support collaboration tools and services used by our staff.
• You should be able to lead technical design and architectural decisions for collaboration tooling platforms.
• You should be able to act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities within collaboration tooling.
• You should be comfortable making and communicating sound technical decisions in ambiguous situations.
• You should be comfortable acting as a technical escalation point for complex problems.
• You should have curiosity about emerging technologies, particularly AI and automation, and be able to translate them into practical business value.
• You should be able to raise the skills and performance of those around you.
• You should be pragmatic, collaborative, supportive, and detail-oriented.
• You should enjoy learning and teaching through pair programming, lightning talks, documentation, workshops, or mentoring.
• You should have a love of solving problems with technology.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical design and architectural decisions for collaboration tooling platforms, providing guidance and direction for engineers across the team.
• Act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities within collaboration tooling, helping teams understand, adopt, and safely leverage AI-powered features and services.
• Engage with other disciplines, groups, and teams across our technology organisation and beyond to ensure effective collaboration.
• Evangelise the tools and solutions that our team owns and manages.
• Contribute to the product and renewal roadmaps for the tools we own.
• Understand the capabilities our collaboration tools provide and stay up to date with developments in the marketplace.
• Help manage and select suppliers of key collaboration tools or technologies.
• Liaise with vendors and internal customers of collaboration tools.
• Help set and reinforce our inclusive, respectful, multidisciplinary, and open culture.
• Help improve the technology, processes, and skills of the team.
• Establish and promote engineering standards, operational practices, and architectural principles for collaboration tooling and associated integrations.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• ChatGPT
• Confluence
• DevOps
• Figma
• JIRA
• Slack
• Zapier

More:

We are the Financial Times, one of the worlds leading news organisations, globally recognised for our authority, integrity, and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide. You will join our Infrastructure & Operations group in Technology, a team of around 90 people working across cloud services, code management, end-user devices, collaboration tools, networking, global service desk, identity and access management, and technical operations support. We value transparency, accountability, shared responsibility, teamwork, and a supportive, knowledge-sharing ethos. We offer opportunities for informal knowledge sharing and formal training, and our benefits vary by location but include generous annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships, and opportunities to give back to the community. We work in a hybrid model requiring staff to be onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements and regular review.

last updated 36 week of 2026