Software Architect

at  NewsUK

THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Strong technical skills with software architecture and infrastructure expertise, demonstrated by implementing effective, efficient and scalable technology solutions.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work through complex problems involving multiple stakeholders, and ability to identify constraints and tradeoffs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of articulating technical concepts to engineers and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of design principles and architectural patterns, with emphasis on scalability and performance, content distribution, API design and caching strategies.
• Proficiency in our technology stacks—AWS and GCP cloud—with specific expertise in CloudFront, EKS, Lambda, SNS/SQS, S3, EC2 DynamoDB, and Aurora. Knowledge of TypeScript/Javascript, Node.js, Java, and Python programming languages. Knowledge of the WordPress platform.
• Practising DevOps approach, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of cybersecurity space. Deep knowledge of product security principles and experience in building secure software.
• Experience in Media and Publishing industries and challenges specific to those domains.
  If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential and their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion for learning and developing.
  We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
  Life at News: Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
  To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Define and maintain technology standards:

• Create, review and update internal RFC documentation.
• Provide feedback on Architecture Decision Records.
• Participate in standards working groups across the organisation.
• Create architectural blueprints to guide the development and implementation.

Assist with technical design:

• Work closely with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide recommendations to product and technical teams, assisting with documentation and implementation guidelines.
• Ensure that the architecture supports scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.

Evaluate new platforms, tools and approaches:

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, standards and industry trends.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools and practices.
• Provide technical expertise for new solutions proposed by other department representatives.

Promote a culture of innovation and technology excellence across the delivery teams:

• Host and present on Architecture Open Hour, Engineering All Hands, Show and Tell and other internal technology events.
• Participate in conferences and training our partners organise and distribute the learnings across the teams.
• Maintain relationships with engineering leaders and advocate and implement continuous improvement practices.

Ensure compliance and efficiency across technology estate:

• Maintain and improve discovery tools and the application knowledge base.
• Work with the Cybersecurity Team to improve our security posture.
• Provide insights and reports from monitoring, FinOps and engineering productivity platforms.
• Assess the technical quality of deployed applications, provide recommendations and assist engineers in improving their implementations