Software Engineer - Commercial

News UK ,
London, Greater London
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Software Engineer - Commercial Location: London Department: Commercial Salary Details: Not Specified **Advertising End Date:** Not Specified Job Description News UK,is full of talented, dedicated and creative people. We are an organisation that holds journalism at our heart. Our newspapers and digital products include some of the most powerful media brands in the English-speaking world: the Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun - reaching 30 million people each week. We publish a vast range of content reaching a diverse audience and all our brands are united by a commitment to independent journalism which connects with our customers. Our Department, Technology,has people and product at its heart. Christina Scott, CIO of the Year 2016, leads the department. With many years experience transforming technology in media companies she has set out our vision of passionate and trusted experts creating industry leading solutions through attracting and developing the best talent. Our Team, Commercial Engineering,is part of a thriving engineering community in Technology who design, develop and operate News UK's commercial products and platforms. We are ushering in a new age of products, focusing on new technologies, enhancements and products that will drive our strategic goals across the ecosystem, starting with the core websites of The Sun and the Times, and including a portfolio of products such as Dream Team, Sun Football and others. Who are you? + A software engineer with a passion for writing amazing code + You have an understanding of commercial requirements and operations and have worked alongside or within commercial teams + You are always thinking about the underlying software architecture and how we can continually improve it + Clean code is extremely important to you and you live by S.O.L.I.D. principles + You are an advocate of Test Driven Development and understand why it's important to the way you write code + You champion pair programming + You are comfortable working in an Agile environment and know the value of the agile ceremonies + You have a passion for solving complex problems + You are a team player and love collaborating with others + You enjoy working in a social workplace You have + Experience with Functional Programming in Javascript + Experience with Node JS and Express + Experience with Typescript and Elm + Experience in testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, Enzyme + The ability to mentor and coach junior members of the team Bonus if you have + Experience in advertising technology + Experience with React JS + Experience working for a large publisher + Experience in working with Webpack + Ability to performance test high traffic websites Benefits at News UK + Discounted Fitness First rate to News UK employees and their immediate family. + Private Medical scheme + Generous pension scheme for employees with employer contributions up to 8% + Access to electronic childcare vouchers + Interest free commuter loans of up to 10,000 + Four volunteer days per year + Cycle to work scheme

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