Senior Full Stack Engineer

The Company

The Irish Times Group is Ireland's leading independent quality news publishing organisation. The core activity of The Irish Times Group has evolved from six-day print publishing to a seven-day multi-platform news publisher with a market-leading position in the development of subscriptions and maximising revenues. We focus on producing quality content for our readers, providing media solutions for customers and we continue to grow and evolve in a fast-paced changing media landscape.

The Company is owned by The Irish Times Trust and is managed by The Irish Times DAC. In recent years, the Irish Times Group expanded its interests to include the Irish Examiner, The Echo, Regional newspapers, in addition to the Citywest print facility, Recruitireland.com, MyHome.ie, RIP.ie, The Gloss and Score Beo.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Digital Products team.

This role is ideal for a highly capable engineer who combines strong frontend expertise with solid backend development experience and a passion for building high-quality software. While the role is primarily focused on developing and enhancing our web platforms using React and TypeScript, you will also contribute to backend services, APIs, integrations and platform capabilities that power our digital products.

Working closely with Product, Editorial, Commercial and Engineering teams, you will take ownership of features from concept through to production, helping to deliver exceptional digital experiences to hundreds of thousands of readers every day.

You will play a key role in promoting engineering excellence across the team through mentoring, code reviews, technical leadership and the adoption of best practices. Experience working within digital publishing, content management systems and high-traffic consumer-facing websites is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain modern web applications using React, TypeScript and JavaScript

Own features throughout their lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement

Build scalable, maintainable and reusable frontend architectures and components

Develop and integrate backend services, APIs and platform capabilities using TypeScript and JavaScript technologies

Collaborate with Product, Editorial, Commercial and Design teams to deliver high-quality customer experiences

Integrate frontend applications with CMS platforms, content APIs and other business-critical systems

Champion engineering excellence through clean code, testing, code reviews and continuous improvement practices

Drive improvements in application performance, accessibility, reliability and security

Ensure security best practices are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle

Contribute to integration architecture and the successful delivery of platform and third-party integrations

Mentor and support less experienced engineers through coaching, pairing and constructive feedback

Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decision-making

Troubleshoot production issues and participate in operational support when required

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, development tooling and engineering best practices

Requirements & Experience for the role

Essential

8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Strong commercial experience developing web applications using React

Expert knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript

Experience building and maintaining scalable, customer-facing web applications

Experience designing, consuming and integrating RESTful APIs and backend services

Strong understanding of software design principles, application architecture and modern development practices

Demonstrated commitment to code quality, testing and maintainability

Experience managing application and integration security considerations, including secure development practices and vulnerability management

Experience delivering and supporting complex system integrations

Experience with automated testing frameworks and test-driven development practices

Experience working with Git, CI/CD pipelines and Agile delivery methodologies

Strong problem-solving, communication and stakeholder management skills

Proven ability to independently own and deliver complex features and initiatives

Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting less experienced engineers

Highly Desirable

Experience working within digital media, publishing or subscription-based businesses

Experience working with enterprise CMS platforms or headless CMS solutions

Experience developing backend services using Node.js and TypeScript

Experience building high-traffic, content-rich consumer websites

Experience contributing to technical strategy and architectural decision-making

Experience with cloud-native applications and services

Experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure

Familiarity with analytics, personalisation, audience engagement or subscription platforms

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, Accessibility

Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, RESTful APIs, Service Integrations

Content & Publishing: CMS Platforms, Headless CMS Architectures, Content APIs, Publishing Workflows

DevOps & Quality: Git, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Monitoring and Observability

Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or similar

Cloud: AWS (preferred), Azure or GCP

Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Detox or similar frameworks

Why Now?

We're expanding our App Stream capacity to support growing audience demands and strategic digital initiatives. Your code will power the applications that connect hundreds of thousands of readers to quality journalism daily. This is an opportunity to join a team where your technical skills will have immediate impact on Ireland's leading digital news platforms.

Apply via the link today!

The Irish Times Group operate a Hybrid working policy.

Our benefits include Health Insurance contribution, Pension Contribution, Sick Leave Cover, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Irish Times Premium Digital Subscription, Income Protection Policy, Corporate Gym Membership discounts, Free Digital GP and Life Assurance Policy.