software engineer Remote
Job description
Within the emerging products team at Reach PLC, we are constantly striving to innovate and looking to disrupt the publishing industry. Five years ago, we created an innovation team to produce new products for the business. During this process, we built a product called InYourArea (IYA), which is now the UK’s leading local news and information platform and is connecting communities across the full-breadth of the country.
The Junior Fullstack Engineer will work within the IYA Team to help improve the user experience and performance of the IYA experience. Reporting to one of the Emerging Products Team Engineering Managers, you will be working alongside a small team of other engineers in the 30-strong Emerging Products team.
Role Location
This role can be based remotely from home, and we are therefore open to candidates based across the UK. We are also able to accommodate a hybrid working pattern if that is your preference from one of our Hubs across the UK.
So, who are we?
We are Reach PLC, you might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human.
Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too.
You will be a Junior Fullstack Engineer helping to maintain and evolve our core product, InYourArea.
You will be responsible for maintaining and developing the code across the product, developing in a test driven manner, maximising accessibility and prioritising performance.
The successful candidate should have a blend of UI and API based skills!
Our frontend is built using React, and so the successful candidate should have some understanding of how to build successful applications with React using modern frontend best practices.
The first project you will be involved in will depend on the successful candidate. We are currently looking to make substantial updates to our core IYA web product - both the website itself and the APIs that power it - with the skillset and career wants of the successful candidate likely impacting where we see them working.
A solid understanding of how UIs consume API would be nice to have, since a lot of our products will be consumed by web and mobile clients.
We use AWS for infrastructure, experience here would be a plus since it's used extensively. Other infrastructure experience is otherwise likely very relevant!
What can we offer you?
We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;
- Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and we’ll match contributions up to 6%
- 25 days’ holiday per year (pro rata) - We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme.
- Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
- Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
- As one of the UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers everyone’s invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
- Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
- Awesome career opportunities - you’ll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
- We are a member of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels
Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested please apply early to avoid disappointment.
