Full Stack Developer, The Filter

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award‑winning journalists, cutting‑edge commercial professionals, and industry‑leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

The Filter team ensures in‑depth product reviews are captured and presented in the best way possible, enabling readers to make informed decisions before they click through to purchase. The team is cross‑functional, comprising product, engineering and design staff, who are all passionate and take pride in what they do and how they do it. Technology ownership spans across the full stack, utilising TypeScript, Scala, React, Emotion, Play and many other frameworks, integrating these seamlessly with various 3rd‑party advertising and affiliate marketing technologies.

About the role

You’ll be coding on the front‑end and back‑end to make an impact towards your team's objectives. You’ll be working in a cross‑functional team, which is empowered to rapidly iterate and release new features. You won’t be coding in isolation – our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming with other developers or working closely with editorial and commercial colleagues. You'll be involved with both technical and product decisions – often shaping what to build is as challenging as building it. You’ll be encouraged to grow – we will support you in learning new skills and technologies whether that’s moving between teams, attending courses or giving you time to learn.

About you

You’ll be comfortable working on the back‑end and front‑end. We typically use Scala and TypeScript; you may not be familiar with Scala yet, but you should have working knowledge of an equivalent back‑end programming language (e.g. Java, Python). If you have a JavaScript background but don’t have familiarity with TypeScript, you should be happy to learn TypeScript on the job. You are a creative, passionate, and intelligent person who loves web technologies. You are excited by the opportunity to shape the future of digital journalism. Your interests go beyond just your team’s objectives; you are curious about where the organisation is moving as a whole. You have a strong interest in growing your skills and career. You can make reasoned choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them.

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media. Our developers operate in a hybrid environment working one day a week from our offices in Kings Cross and four days a week remotely. The salary for new full stack developers at the Guardian starts at £57,000 per annum. We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Benefits at the Guardian

• You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8‑12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
• Season ticket loans are also available.
• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests.
• You can also opt in to dental insurance.
• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
• We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss and trans equality policy.