Senior Software Engineer, The Telegraph

• A strong understanding of Spring Boot, FastAPI, GCP, Jenkins, and scalable cloud systems is essential
• Java - Advanced knowledge and experience of core Java design and development alongside Spring Boot framework
• Python - Advanced knowledge and experience of Python design and development alongside FastAPI framework
• Terraform - Good knowledge/experience of Terraform to define and manage cloud resources
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Good working knowledge of GCP services and architecture for designing and deploying scalable cloud solutions
• Good knowledge/experience of Elasticsearch and MySQL databases
• Passionate about the craft of software development and the delivery of a quality digital product. Able to enthuse others, aligning them to adopt and embrace the same characteristics
• Advanced knowledge of software design concepts, practices, and modern development methodologies, particularly agile, CI/CD and common architectures
• Good understanding of Agile practices (TDD, Rigorous regular refactoring, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration)
• Strong experience of API Development is a must
• Good communication skills (oral and written) to both a technical and non-technical audience
• Capable of starting/building things/processes from scratch and seeing them through

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Platform) to join our high-impact Platforms team, where you’ll play a key role in designing and building the APIs, services, and infrastructure that power our products, internal tools, partner integrations and syndication pipelines
• This is a platform engineering role with a strong software development emphasis — ideal for an experienced backend engineer with a solid understanding of modern cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform-as-a-service practices
• You’ll work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to deliver end-to-end features and drive technical improvements across our modern Java (Spring Boot) and Python (FastAPI) stack both on Kubernetes and Serverless
• Your responsibilities will include everything from working with SREs to define cloud infrastructure using Terraform, to building and testing backend services, and integrating with Apigee
• You'll take ownership of critical services and infrastructure components, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability across the platform
• You’ll be expected to support and mentor junior engineers, helping to foster growth and maintain high engineering standards across the team
• You’ll also work closely with our SREs to shape our internal Platform-as-a-Service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-traffic software following engineering standards
• Build and maintain key Engineering blocks that other teams can rely upon (such as APIs and Cloud infrastructure)
• Ensure timely, high-quality deliveries
• Develop and lead an effective model for assuring engineering quality standards, best practices, and technical decision-making across the platform engineering team
• Ensure a globally robust and highly scalable approach to development to support our growing number of global users and services
• Promote the company and department internally and externally, evangelise the strategy, exhibit the Technology behaviours & company values, follow the Technology principles, and encourage your staff and/or colleagues to do the same
• Ensure code quality and adherence to best practices across CI/CD, security, and cloud standards
• Contribute to the various company tech guilds/chapters with training/ presentations/blogs
• Building CI/CD pipelines
• Working with the SREs to maintain, improve and automate the cloud infrastructure