Overview
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 is committed to making a difference and represents 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.
We are now looking for a Multimedia Systems Developer to join our growing Multimedia team. The Multimedia Systems Developer will play a critical role in developing and operating the production platform used daily by multimedia teams at The Guardian to create and publish audio and video content across our UK, Australia and US offices. You will work on the in‑house applications and integrations editorial staff rely on, the AWS infrastructure and automation behind them, and the media management systems that underpin them. You will collaborate with engineers, editorial users, infrastructure teams and external vendors to keep the platform reliable, secure and able to scale as multimedia production grows. The multimedia platform stack includes Go, TypeScript, React and Electron.
Responsibilities
- Collate, design, develop, configure, test and release high quality software that supports the evolving requirements of the multimedia editorial teams.
- Build and operate event‑driven services and integrations on AWS, ensuring solutions delivered are reliable, supportable and maintainable.
- Maintain the AWS infrastructure and automation behind the platform, including compute, storage, networking and media‑processing services.
- Perform technology upgrades and ensure architectural stability across the platform.
- Diagnose and fix bugs in a timely manner based on priority, using log‑based troubleshooting and performance analysis.
- Work with editorial stakeholders and, with guidance from the Multimedia Tech Product Manager, ensure systems continue to meet their needs and evolve the roadmap as required.
- Proactively share knowledge, peer‑review colleagues’ work and contribute to clear technical documentation.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a software developer, systems engineer or similar role, building and operating production systems.
- Strong programming ability in at least one modern language in the platform stack, with the aptitude to become productive across others (Go, TypeScript, React, Electron).
- Experience with REST API design and integration with third‑party platforms.
- Hands‑on experience with AWS (or an equivalent cloud platform), including compute, storage, networking and IAM.
- Experience designing event‑driven, asynchronous systems on AWS (e.g. Lambda, SQS, webhook‑driven integrations) and an understanding of the failure modes of distributed processing.
- Confident working in Linux environments: command line, systemd, networking, performance tuning and log‑based troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with standard engineering workflow: Git, pull requests, code review and CI/CD pipelines.
- A practical security mindset around patching, dependency hygiene and least‑privilege access.
- Collaborative approach, with a willingness to share knowledge, peer‑review work and support colleagues.
- Understanding of, or strong interest in, multimedia production workflows.
EEO Statement
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. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.
Benefits
- Guardian News and Media is a London Living wage employer; the minimum salary for any full‑time role within the organisation is £30,000 per annum, with salary ranges dependent on skills and experience.
- 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
- Generous pension scheme – if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8‑12% (depending on your age).
- 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
- Season ticket loans are also available.
- Private healthcare, life cover, income protection and eye tests; dental insurance is optional.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
- Supportive policies for IVF, menopause, baby loss and trans equality.
Culture and Wellbeing
- We champion diversity of thought and foster an inclusive workplace through various employee forums and our B Corp status.
- Access to an employee benefits platform providing tailored health and wellbeing support.
- Free yoga and pilates classes, corporate gym membership and cycle‑to‑work scheme.
- Canteen with views overlooking the Regent’s Canal and catering for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…