Software Engineer - Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet aims to make Sweden a little bit better, the world a little more understandable and life a little bit easier

The editorial tech team at Aftonbladet is looking for a Swedish speaking backend/full-stack software engineer who is interested in collaborating with journalists and news desks to create engaging and innovative visual storytelling applications. You will develop applications, data visualisation, frameworks and libraries, maps, as well as reusable components and tools.

A big focus of the team recently has been visualisations and statistics about the invasion in Ukraine but we also create sport features and investigative journalism. Looking ahead, a big thing will be the Swedish election in 2022. Our guiding principle is to create an extraordinary user experience for our readers, and this is a big part of branding Aftonbladet as an innovative and exciting newspaper.

We work with short development cycles where the focus is on speed of delivery and quality of execution. Our development cycles can also at times be changed by ongoing news events. You will work with the whole development cycle, from ideas and design input to implementation of backend and frontend. You will also develop longer term frameworks and reusable tools for visualizing data and supporting digital storytelling.

You can see some of our accomplishments here:

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/aftonbladetstory/

The ideal candidate will have experience of working with databases and APIs, both consuming and creating. Most server side code is built on Node.js using JavaScript and TypeScript. Experience with other languages such as PHP and Python is also a merit. Preferably the candidate will also have experience with various cloud service providers, primarily AWS. Understanding of UX and frontend is also a merit. There are three experienced frontend developers in the team already and we are looking for you with more experience and knowledge within the backend!

Relevant skills and experience

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Experience of working with JavaScript front-end and server-side applications.

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Strong understanding of databases, API:s, caching and other backend/infrastructure topics.

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Understanding concepts and experience with continuous deployment.

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You follow current events and news and have thoughts and ideas on how to develop visual storytelling and data-driven stories.

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You have a minimum of four years of work experience within software development.


Personal qualifications

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You are a natural and effective problem-solver. This requires a solution-oriented mindset, even in challenging situations.

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You display a high degree of effective, proactive communication, both verbally and in written form.

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You thrive in a working environment where some colleagues don’t have the same technical background as yourself, some of them being journalists.

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You always consider what’s best for the company when making technology decisions.




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.