Technical Lead

financialtimes33; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Times in London seeks a Senior Technical Lead to shape engineering direction across the Marketing & Commercial Data platforms. You will align architecture with FT standards, drive secure, scalable solutions, mentor engineers and collaborate with Product, Programme and business stakeholders to deliver enduring technical outcomes.

This role is not a people-management position but you will foster an engineering culture rooted in learning, collaboration and constructive technical

Qualifications

• Senior engineer with a track record of technical leadership across critical products and platforms.
• Ability to shape architecture and guide significant technical decisions.
• Communicate complex technical considerations to engineers, Product, Programme and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the engineering capability within Commercial Technology.
• Lead architectural thinking and ensure security, reliability and scalability of systems.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of learning, collaboration and constructive technical challenge.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering

Architectural thinking

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Salesforce

Marketing Cloud

Data 360

Bloomreach

Marketo

Job description

About Us

The Financial Times is one of the world's leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.

At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Together, we help audiences stay better informed and deepen their understanding of the world around them.

Our Product & Tech teams drive us forward in an ever-evolving digital landscape, delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers daily. Our growth relies on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists.

With a supportive culture, entrepreneurial spirit and opportunities at every turn, there are no limits to where your FT career can take you.

Build a newsworthy career at the FT.

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.

About you

You are an experienced senior engineer and technical leader with a strong software engineering background and a track record of providing technical direction across business-critical products and platforms.

You combine deep technical expertise with pragmatic engineering judgement. You are comfortable navigating complex systems, shaping architecture, making and facilitating significant technical decisions, and helping engineering teams turn business requirements into secure, resilient and sustainable solutions.

You think beyond individual features and solutions to the long-term health of the technology: architecture, reliability, security, scalability, operability, developer experience, technical debt and the ability of teams to evolve their systems sustainably.

You are comfortable working with engineers, Product, Programme and business stakeholders, communicating complex technical considerations clearly and making thoughtful trade-offs between immediate delivery needs and longer-term technical investment.

You are also motivated by developing engineering capability. While this is not a people-management role, you will mentor engineers, encourage technical ownership, create opportunities for others to develop their expertise and help build a strong engineering culture based on learning, collaboration and constructive technical challenge.

About the team

Commercial Technology is part of the Internal Products group within FT Product & Technology. We are a multidisciplinary group of Engineers, Product Managers and Business Analysts responsible for building and operating the technology platforms that support the FT's commercial capabilities across Marketing, Sales, Service and Commercial Data.

We are undertaking a significant evolution of our commercial technology landscape, bringing these capabilities together around a more connected Salesforce platform and establishing a strong foundation for how our commercial teams engage with customers and use data.

In Marketing & Commercial Data , we are evolving our marketing technology landscape towards Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next and Data 360, while continuing to operate and transition from established platforms including Bloomreach, Marketo and Legacy Salesforce Marketing Cloud products for B2B & B2C marketing.

In Sales & Service , we are consolidating several Salesforce CRM orgs with their associated processes and procedures into a leaner CommercialTechnology estate, utilising

In Commercial Platform , we are establishing a centre of excellence at the heart of the commercial workflow, tasked with ensuring the security, health and viability of our day-to-day commercial operation and providing a primary support route for our business users

The Technical Lead will provide technical leadership for one of the engineering capabilities within Commercial Technology, working closely with the Engineering Manager, Product, engineers, other Technical Leads and the wider Commercial Technology leadership team.

What you'll work on

As Technical Lead within Commercial Technology, you will provide technical leadership for the engineering capability responsible for the delivery, operation and continuous evolution of the FT's Marketing & Commercial Data technology.

You will be accountable for the technical direction and engineering integrity of the capability, ensuring our technology is secure, resilient, scalable, maintainable and aligned with wider Commercial Technology and FT engineering standards. You will lead architectural thinking, guide significant technical decisions and ensure technical risks, dependencies and opportunit