Senior Software Engineer
Future Publishing, France

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with the web platform team and engineering teams to ensure the delivery of scalable, well structured, efficient web applications and components; working on both green-field projects built from the ground up using the latest libraries and best practice as well maintaining and improving existing code. You will be responsible for the scoping and planning of: refactoring existing code, new components and working with other teams to build new services and products.

What you'll be doing...

The web platform team work in collaboration with engineering and operations to maintain and develop Futures core brand websites. Ensuring the sites are fast, at the forefront of technical innovation, are bug free and have great UX.

• In collaboration with Tech Leads and Engineers you will ensure your code is well scoped, monitored, documented, and testable.
• You will also be responsible for tracing bugs across the stack and ensuring that suitable tests are set up to avoid future regressions.
• You will work with the rest of the team to review both your code and other developers before it goes through a final QA process and into production.
• You will be able to communicate effectively with the wider business and be able to critically assess product requirements and solutions.
• Your job will cover both client and server-side code working with datastores and server configuration. You will be keen to keep up to date with the latest approaches to development and be able to argue for appropriate technology to be added to the stack.
• You will participate in regular hack days, using cutting edge tech to prototype innovative approaches to business/technical goals.
• As an experienced member of the team you are required to support and help develop more junior members of staff both via code review/direction and mentoring.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve...

• You are a full-stack developer with a range of front end skills (TypeScript, ES2015+/JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, React, PostCSS)
• You are fluent in object-oriented PHP; write beautiful optimised object-oriented code
• You are able to work with relational databases such as MySQL, ideally you also have some exposure to NoSQL databases
• You have Experience of using JS frameworks (React, Angular etc)
• You write readable, unit tested code by default.
• You understand the importance of caching for high traffic services.
• You have used version control systems, ideally Git.
• You have experience with Docker and are comfortable working on the command line.
• You are able to communicate technical information to non-technical people as needed
• You are looking for a challenging role where you will be excited to learn and be passionate about software delivery

What's in it for you

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch amp; learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

Internal job family level T6

The expected range for this role is EUR 40,000 - EUR 55,000

Who are we

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

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Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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