Senior Web Fullstack Engineer — Work From Anywhere

The Economist; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Pension plan

Private health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Work From Anywhere program

Generous annual and parental leave

Volunteer days

Moving home days

Free access to Economist content

Zusammenfassung

The Economist is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Web Fullstack, to design and build high-quality web products and services powering a global audience. You will work across frontend and backend systems, shaping reliable, scalable solutions at the intersection of product, platform, and engineering.

You will operate across frontend and backend, taking ownership of performance, architecture, and modernization, collaborating with Product, Design and Data teams to deliver impactful, scalable

Qualifikationen

• Experience in frontend and backend engineering.
• Strong fullstack experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Proven experience building production applications with modern frontend frameworks (React/Next.js).
• Experience designing APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).
• Solid understanding of modern web architecture, including SSR, static generation, and caching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native system design.
• Strong grasp of performance, accessibility, and scalable system design.
• Experience with CI/CD, containerisation, and infrastructure as code.

Aufgaben

• Design, build, and evolve scalable web applications across the stack.
• Develop responsive, accessible, and high-performance frontends using React/Next.js.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs that support product features and integrations.
• Design robust system architectures balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Own performance across the stack from frontend to backend efficiency and caching.
• Drive best practices in testing, observability, and CI/CD across services in production.
• Work with AWS cloud-native technologies and services.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to shape solutions end-to-end.
• Contribute to technical direction and mentoring within the team.

Kenntnisse

Frontend & Backend

JavaScript/TypeScript

React/Next.js

API design (REST/GraphQL)

SSR & caching

AWS & cloud-native

CI/CD & IaC

Jobbeschreibung

The Economist is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Web Fullstack, to design and build high-quality web products and services powering a global audience. You will work across frontend and backend systems, shaping reliable, scalable solutions at the intersection of product, platform, and engineering.

You will operate across frontend and backend, taking ownership of performance, architecture, and modernization, collaborating with Product, Design and Data teams to deliver impactful, scalable