FrontEnd Developer - Editorial Services / Schibsted

We are looking for a FrontEnd Developer to join our Editorial Services team, a central team within Schibsted that supports all of our news brands such as Aftonbladet & SvD in Sweden and VG & Aftenposten in Norway.

HTML, JavaScript and CSS developer

Join us in developing the new editorial newsroom tools used in Schibsted.
You will be involved in exciting and challenging projects working with some of the best talent available. The team is working on improving the editorial workflow, where we help the newsrooms to be more efficient by automating and creating responsive web-page templates based on the newspapers’ brand specifications. We automate all that can be automated so that the journalists can focus on pure value creation.

In this role you will:

- Develop and support newsrooms print design specifications
- Work with third party suppliers as required and develop functional supporting solutions
- Work with Stakeholders and Engineering functions to support functional & technical requirements needs
- Partner up with Developers, Product Managers, Project Managers as well as Service Owners to build solutions that are aligned to Schibsted’s architectural standards and principles
- Work with CMS, SchibstedMediaPlatform and Aptoma
- Work with Github
- Work with Knowledge base systems, ServiceNow, Jira, Wiki, etc.

About you:

- You are a great team player with good communication skills, being able to explain complex technical problems in layman’s terms.
- You have a few years of experience in a development environment with knowledge of most of the following technologies and tools: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Restful API usage, URL-Templates and CLI terminal.
- You are self-driven with an organized approach, able to support and collaborate with multiple stakeholders
- You are good at establishing and maintaining great working relationships
- Fluent in English (Swedish or Norwegian is a plus, but not required)

We offer you the opportunity to:

- Dedicate 10% of your working time to professional development. Schibsted has a strong developer community that promotes learning and growing our skills. To ensure that at least 10% of your time is spent on your own long-term self-improvement and short-term ideation and creation, every second Friday is dedicated to learning or hacking.
- Work within a major media company
- Solve challenging problems in a complicated and evolving business
- Use your developing skills to help develop the technical capabilities needed for tomorrow

About us
Editorial Services team is a team that manages, provides, supports and develops various tools focused in areas such as image, newspaper & e-paper production and archive solutions for the newsrooms.

If you are interested in being a part of Schibsted’s journey in continuing being a role model in the media business, push the apply button!

Contact Manager Editorial service Peter Karefjord at peter.karefjord@schibsted.com for questions regarding this position.


Schibsted is a family of digital brands with a strong Nordic position, and more than 5,000 employees. Millions of people interact with our companies every day through our leading online marketplaces, world-class media houses. We also help new promising businesses grow. Our joint mission of empowering people in their daily lives is rooted in the values of our media heritage and a legacy of bold change. At our best, we are a fearless force for change in a society built on trust and transparency.

Product & Tech is responsible for product development and technology platforms for News Media brands. The unit consists of product managers, software engineers, UX experts, and user researchers. Most of our teams work distributed, with colleagues in Oslo, Stockholm, Krakow, Gdansk, Bergen, and Stavanger.