Senior Software Engineer, The Financial Times

FT Professional

Salary not provided

React

CSS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Postgres

Jest

Next.js

DynamoDB

Playwright

Senior and Expert level

London

2+ days a week in office (St. Paul's Cathedral, London)

Global business publication

Job no longer available

Global business publication

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentDigital MediaMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

React

CSS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Postgres

Jest

Next.js

DynamoDB

Playwright

Senior and Expert level

London

2+ days a week in office (St. Paul's Cathedral, London)

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentDigital MediaMedia

Company mission

The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You want to work in a truly empowered, cross-functional product team guided by agile principles - and be motivated by building products that help people analyse, understand, and connect around the most important issues affecting the world today
You have an understanding of modern full-stack development (native Javascript, CSS, Node.js, etc.)
You covered the entire software development life-cycle in previous projects, from architecture to code, testing, continuous deployment, monitoring and maintenance
You have an interest in learning and using the wide range of technologies and patterns required to build modern web products and services e.g. CDNs, networking, cloud infrastructure and databases
You are aware of and know how to mitigate security threats, and the importance of developing tooling, monitoring, and engineering that enables highly fault tolerant systems in cloud environments
You know how to be pragmatic when necessary and take into consideration the input from your peers and users
You enjoy the collaboration with Product Managers, UX designers, Data Analysts and User Researchers to improve and polish our products
You will be an active member to shape the culture of our team, promote knowledge sharing with your peers, and mentor other engineers
You understand the importance of diversity and equality in a well functioning team
Here’s a list of things we use a lot. It’s not exhaustive, but gives you a taste of what our stack and tools look like:
JavaScript (Typescript)
React (JSX); Sass; Next.js
Jest/Playwright
Postgres/DynamoDB
Fastly
CircleCI
While we don’t expect you to have worked with all of these, it will be a bonus for us if you have worked with some of them

What the job involves

As part of our Professional products portfolio Differentiate Team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer
This team focuses on differentiating our B2B subscription from our B2C subscription by:
Creating new features specifically tailored to help our users gain deeper insights from FT news
Providing tailored recommendations to our subscribers' based on their job roles, industry and interests
Driving engagement of our B2B subscription
We offer a strict 35 hour working week to all staff in our London office

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Founded in 1888, the FT has grown into one of the world's biggest online and broadsheet economics and business news providers. It has a strong focus on financial journalism and economic analysis, and provides this essential analysis to companies and individuals across the world.

As well as economics and business, the FT also offers sections on opinion, life and arts, how to spend, and more. In 2022, six of its writers won awards in science, data and investment categories, illustrating the breadth and quality of the FT’s journalism.

The company adapts well to changes in the market to maintain its readership. For example, it recently launched a digital hub and weekly newsletter called Cryptofinance to shine a light on the digital asset industry and how innovations are rippling into mainstream finance.

The FT Group employs more than 2,300 people worldwide, including 700 journalists in 40 countries. It includes the FT, FT Specialist, and a number of services and joint ventures. FT's focus on providing impartial, high-quality content has gained it a record-paying readership of over a million, three-quarters of which are digital subscriptions.

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Insights

52% female employees

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Company

Company benefits

A range of training courses as well as confidential career coaching and mentoring
Flexibility - working from home, job sharing, compressed weeks, and flexible working hours
Enhanced parental leave, flexible leave allowance and paid volunteer leave
Pension contribution
Local health coverage plans
Gym memberships and healthcare schemes, professional counselling sessions, 24-hour employee wellbeing helpline, weekly meditation classes
Financial wellbeing products and services

Company values

Ambition
Curiosity
Integrity
Trust
Inclusion
Subscriber focus

Company HQ

City of London, London, UK

Articles

Financial Times launches Ask an Expert, a weekly Q&A series connecting readers with FT journalists

The FT wins six newsletter and podcast awards

Joining the FT: Our Recruitment Process Explained

Luke Williams on joining the FT and building connections

Leadership

Jon Slade

(CEO)

Jon Slade became CEO in July 2025 after 20+ years at the FT. A key leader in its digital shift, he’s driven growth, social impact, and sustainability across the business.

Roula Khalaf

(Editor)

Following a degree at Columbia University and four years at Forbes, Khalaf joined the FT in 1995 as Associate Editor and Middle East Editor. Since January 2020, she has served as Editor.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at The Financial Times

Rukasana Bhaijee (Head of Diversity & Inclusion)

D&I annual report
Reporting pay gaps
Next generation board
Employee networks, including Proud FT, FT Embrace, FT Women, FT Families, FT Sustainability, FT Mental Health and FT Access,

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