Senior Software Engineer

Bauer Media Group Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

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Motorcycle News, Grazia Daily, Today’s Golfer, Empire Online and Parkers are some of the high-profile web applications published by Bauer Consumer Media, the digital publishing arm of the global Bauer Media Group.

As one of our Senior Software Engineers, you'll be at the forefront of pushing these apps into places they've not been before, in UK and international markets. Each of them is undergoing modernisation to take advantage of current and future web technologies and you'll be choosing and using the next tech for the next steps.

Of course, it's far from being as simple as just publishing magazines online - you'll be designing and developing systems that marshal data from numerous sources, organise and publish that data in many ways and that fire events that are consumed by further internal applications and external event consumers. You'll be working with a slick development lifecycle, with continuous integration and deployment having the highest priority, and you'll be part of our ongoing push towards having everything as code.

As a Software Engineer with a proven history of web application development across a broad tech stack, you’ll be ready to move into a Senior role (or you’ll already be in one and fancy a new challenge) that allows you to extend your skills and knowledge, and to share them with other team members at all levels of skill and experience.

In addition to working with local UK-based teams, there will also be the opportunity to work with engineering teams distributed across Bauer’s European territories as we build our next generation web platform to service Bauer’s digital ambitions.

The location of this role can be Peterborough/London based, and whilst it is a hybrid role there is flexibility in location, providing you would be able to attend the office at least once every 4 – 6 weeks.

What You’ll Bring:

• Solid experience in .NET with C# and/or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with modern development frameworks and tools such as Node.js, React, Next.js, NestJS, Vue.js, Vite, SASS, BEM, Gulp, Webpack, Tailwind CSS, OpenAPI, and Swagger.
• Comfort working in macOS with Windows VMs or AWS WorkSpaces.
• Expertise in source control management, especially Git (familiarity with branching strategies like Gitflow or GitHub flow; monorepo experience is a plus).
• Proficiency in databases including MS SQL server, Postgres, or other modern RDBMS as well as experience or exposure to Vector & Graph databases, No-SQL, ApacheSolr, OpenSearch, and GraphQL.
• A proven track record in optimizing web pages and performance monitoring (Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed Insights).
• Hands-on experience with containerization, orchestration, and cloud services (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CloudFront).
• Experience building and optimizing distributed systems, messaging, concurrency, and caching strategies (Redis, CloudFront, in-process caching).
• Familiarity with automated testing tools such as xUnit and Jest.
• Experience or exposure to WordPress CMS and PHP is highly valued.

A Growth Mindset:

• Embracing new technologies: Being open to learning and experimenting with new programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
• Continuous learning: Regularly seeking out new knowledge through courses, tutorials, and reading technical articles.
• Problem-solving: Viewing bugs and errors as opportunities to improve and learn, rather than as setbacks.
• Collaboration: Valuing feedback from peers and using it to enhance your skills and code quality and sharing your knowledge and experience with team members of all levels of their development.
• Resilience: Persisting through challenging projects and complex problems, understanding that effort leads to improvement.
• Innovation: Being willing to take risks and try new approaches, even if they might fail initially.

Closing Date: Sunday 27th April

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here.

Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email [e-mail] we would love to hear from you.

Date: 3 Apr 2025

Location:

Peterborough, GB, PE2 6EA London, GB, NW1 2PL