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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Financial Times's roles stay open a median of 79 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 11% of Financial Times's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Financial Times
- high 38 stale, 6 reposted of 38 open
- Hiring momentum
- 84 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Financial Times's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Financial Times.
About this role
The Senior Backend Engineer for the Storyfinding team at the Financial Times will focus on designing, building, and maintaining backend systems and data pipelines that support investigative journalism. This role involves collaborating with journalists and engineers to create scalable data solutions and ensuring high standards of software quality. The engineer will also mentor junior team members and explore new technologies to enhance the newsroom's capabilities.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Financial Times as an employer.
What you need
- Strong experience as a backend engineer designing and building production-grade distributed systems and APIs in a cloud environment
- Excellent Python skills for developing backend services, system integration, and data processing
- Solid experience as a data engineer with a vital skill set in maintaining production data pipelines and using workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow
- Experience working with cloud platforms, particularly AWS
- Familiarity with modern engineering practices including version control, CI/CD, and automated testing
- The ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Nice to have
- Strong SQL skills and experience designing and working with relational and analytical databases
- Experience with databases such as BigQuery, Redshift, PostgreSQL, SingleStore, or MongoDB
- Experience working with unstructured or semi-structured data at scale
- A solid understanding of data modelling, data architecture, and trade-offs between different storage and processing approaches
- Comfort contributing to backend software engineering tasks beyond pure data pipelines
What you get
- Annual bonus scheme
- 25 days paid leave
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Enhanced Parental Leave policy
- Food Allowance
Worth weighing
- The role requires a hybrid work model with 50% onsite work, which may not suit all candidates.
- No specific salary range is mentioned in the posting, which could be a consideration for applicants.
Summarised from Financial Times's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Financial Times on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.