Junior Software Engineer - Aftenposten

Job Description

A well-functioning democracy relies on informed and engaged citizens, and news sites and quality journalism play a crucial role in informing the public and enabling public debate.

Aftenposten is looking for junior full-stack software engineers to join a growing product team with big ambitions for 2022.

Aftenposten is Norway’s largest subscription paper with 250.000 subscribers and more than 400.000 digital readers every day. We’re an industry leader in building long-term relationships with our growing digital subscription base. Working in Aftenposten is an opportunity to create innovative and engaging news products and services that reach a large share of Norway’s population, and directly affect what people are talking about.

As a junior software engineer at Schibsted Media Products & Technology for Aftenposten, you will be part of a cross-functional team of highly talented individuals. You are relentlessly technical and capable of being a strong individual and team player in a distributed team. As with any engineer we hire, the ability to communicate well is crucial, and you will participate in multiple initiatives with other disciplines across our different locations to build world-class products. In our organization, we have trust by default. You can feel open to share your ideas and thoughts with anyone.

Our organization, Schibsted News Media, has 300+ experts in product management, UX and technology. We build new digital products and technical platforms for Schibsted and Aftenposten, enabling independent journalism to thrive with products people love.

You will work on:

• Using your creative skills and technical competence to build new experiences for our readers.

• Collaborate with the editorial department and other teams within Schibsted to improve all our products across the company.

• Continuously improving and maintaining our core products.

We are looking for candidates who

• Have a team mind-set and is a team player

• Have a genuine interest in journalism and end-user needs

• Care about the quality of the products you make

• Have a product-oriented mindset and enjoy creating user-facing features

• Are passionate about technology

• Have an eye for design and accessibility

• Love to learn and follow technology trends

• Are results-oriented and willing to share knowledge

• Collaborate well across large organizations

• Speak English fluently (Norwegian a plus)

• Are natural and effective problem-solvers

• Are comfortable working remotely partially throughout the week, but coming to the office frequently for meetings and social events.

Technical qualifications/experience

• Writing performant and understandable code

• Ability to learn both new and old frameworks and technologies.

• Our stack is mostly Typescript, React/Handlebars, SASS, with Varnish and some Go thrown in.

• Experience with creating and consuming APIs

• Working with microservices and backend-for-frontend architecture

What we offer

• You will be part of a team of inspired and friendly colleagues in the Aftenposten product team while being part of a bigger democratic mission of empowering people in their daily lives.

• You will also be a part of Schibsted’s large community, working with teams that handle everything from our data analysis platforms to our internal CMS to our native apps.

• We invest in your growth and your competence by letting you spend 10% of your working time to develop your skills and will offer you a yearly conference budget.

• At our offices we run multiple internal learning sessions, breakfast seminars, Schibsted Talks with complimentary lunch, and other fun events.

• Being part of a passionate and professional team producing impactful products.

• Competitive salary according to your level of competence and experience.

• Insurance and pension schemes.

• Regular lunches, dinners, afterworks, and offsites, so that we get stronger as a team together.

Does this sound like the job for you? Send us a cover letter and CV, and join us in shaping the news experience of the future!

For more information, contact:

Espen Tandberg, Engineering manager, Aftenposten News +47 922 30 486 or [email protected]