Software Engineer 2

Condé Nast is one of the world's most renowned media publishing companies, creating and distributing every type of media today, spanning print and digital publishing in all formats. With a portfolio of some of today's most influential brands, the company continues to grow its audience through a global operational and content infrastructure across its 12 owned and operated markets. Headquartered in New York City, the company's owned and operated markets include China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, UAE/Dubai, the U.K., and the U.S., with additional local license partners in over twenty additional markets across the globe. Lead brands include Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, House & Garden, Pitchfork, Tatler, and Vogue Business.Job Description

Location:

London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

The company is headquartered in London and New York, and operates in 32 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local license partners across the globe. Condé Nast is focused on diversifying the digital business models for our brands via video and streaming platforms, increasing subscriptions and memberships and growing our events business while maintaining high levels of engineering standards, and we are looking for exceptional engineers to join our in-house teams to help us execute on our vision.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

Please note that this is a 6 month fixed term contract.

We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.

About Condé Nast Engineering

At Condé Nast we pride ourselves on diversity of thought, inclusivity and collaboration. Our shared goal is to solve problems creatively, learning and having fun in the process of building features that spark joy with our global audiences. Our in-house engineering teams are always working on something exciting.

We work in an AI-native way. We treat AI tooling as a normal part of how we design, build and review software, and we expect you to use it well and with good judgement. You do not need to be an expert, but you should be familiar with AI-assisted development tools, curious about where they can improve our work, and thoughtful about code quality, review and data handling when you use them.

Some practices we like

• Pair-programming. We like knowledge sharing and learning from one another.
• Global view. We work with peers in different geo-locations.
• Mentoring and coaching. We care about each other.
• Tapping into our creativity. Every first Friday of the month is a "What You Want" Day. We also participate in multi-day organisation-wide hackathons annually.
• Continuous deployment.

Our technology at a glance

JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.JS, React and React ecosystem, Next.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes, Kibana, Datadog, Codex, Gemini, ChatGPT

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Working within a cross-functional team that includes design, UX and product management.
• Shipping features and services that impact a large audience worldwide.
• Contributing to technical decision-making, problem-solving, and estimation.
• Pairing with members of your team to identify the optimal solution. Regularly conducting code reviews to ensure high standards of engineering quality in the code that we write.
• Using your own technical expertise to help guide Product and Design decisions.
• Mentoring colleagues at every level, and a willingness to be mentored by them.
• Looking at logs and monitoring metrics and responding to alerts; we use Kibana, ElasticSearch and Datadog extensively, but as long as you are aware of how important observability is, we do not mind what tools you may have used in the past.
• Working in collaboration with Platform and Architecture teams as and when necessary.

About you - Essential skills

• Proficient in JavaScript, Node.js, good understanding of ES9 and JavaScript testing frameworks (such as Jest, Mocha etc.)
• Good understanding of Cloud Native architecture, containerisation, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, and DevOps culture. Kubernetes foundational knowledge would be a great bonus, as we use it extensively.
• Practical experience in the use of leading engineering practices and principles.
• Appreciation for the functions of Product and Design, and experience working in cross-functional teams.
• You will try to make the codebase nicer for the next person that visits it.
• You are someone who will own every step of the development process; from refining tickets to shipping the code to production.
• You will do your best, and ask for help when it is needed.
• You have an interest or desire to learn about every part of the stack; from the latest JavaScript standards, to GraphQL, to accessibility, and the infrastructure we deploy to.
• Someone who can communicate in a variety of media (through Slack and in person) effectively within their team, outside of their team, and with people in our product and design families, and even with our users.
• Able to effectively communicate technical concepts to different audiences.
• Business proficiency in spoken and written English.

About you - Desirable skills

• Experience working with international teams across multiple time-zones.
• Knowing about continuous integration, testing strategies, software architecture, user experience, accessibility, internationalisation and web performance.
• Experience and/or interest in working in publishing.
• Experience and/or interest in working across culture, music and lifestyle content.
• Proficiency working with a variety of third-party APIs and developer tools.
• Commercial experience using Kubernetes and GraphQL.

What benefits do we offer? 

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer. 

• You’ll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.

• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• We’re a dog-friendly office, plus you’ll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.

• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub, where you’ll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training available in local languages.
• Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.  

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.