Senior Web Engineer

Our team of 450 colleagues across Technology, Product and Data is at the heart of The Economist Group’s digital-first agenda. Together, we design, build and optimise the digital products, platforms and data capabilities that power our business and reach millions of people around the world. Whether you're an engineer, product manager, designer, data scientist or analyst, you'll work on products that have real-world impact. From enhancing economist.com and developing new products for Economist Intelligence to creating personalised experiences and applying AI to solve complex challenges, you'll help shape how consumers, businesses and government leaders access trusted insights. Working in cross-functional teams, we combine engineering excellence, product thinking and data expertise to solve meaningful problems, experiment with new technologies and continuously improve the experiences we create. It's an opportunity to do challenging, purposeful work alongside curious, collaborative colleagues, while helping drive sustainable growth for one of the world's most trusted brands.

The role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Web Fullstack, to help design and build high-quality web products and the services that power them. In this role, you will work across frontend and backend systems, shaping reliable, scalable solutions that serve a global audience. You will operate at the intersection of product, platform, and engineering, contributing not only to delivery but also to technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve scalable web applications across the stack.
• Develop responsive, accessible, and high-performance frontends using modern frameworks such as React and Next.js.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs that support product features and integrations.
• Design robust system architectures, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Own performance across the stack, from frontend experience to backend efficiency and caching strategies.
• Drive best practices in testing, observability, and CI/CD across services in production.
• Work with cloud-native technologies on AWS, leveraging services such as compute, storage, and managed databases.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to shape solutions end-to-end.
• Contribute to technical direction, mentor engineers, and raise the engineering bar within the team...

Who you are

• Experience in frontend and backend engineering.
• Strong fullstack experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Proven experience building production applications with modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js).
• Experience designing and developing APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).
• Solid understanding of modern web architecture, including SSR, static generation, and caching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native system design.
• Strong grasp of performance, accessibility, and scalable system design.
• Experience with CI/CD, containerisation, and infrastructure as code.

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