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ABOUT US The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy, with a mission to...
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and
accuracy, with a mission to deliver quality information and services worldwide.
At the FT, curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded. Here, you’re given the chance to reach millions, create work that
matters and deliver impartial journalism in a polarised world.
In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations
and wellbeing.
Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and inspire you. With no fixed path, you’ll discover new
skills and forge a career that can take you anywhere.
Build a newsworthy career at the FT.
We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A
supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to
removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
We’re looking for a Product Designer to join our Design Systems team on a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave,
based at Bracken House, our iconic building near St Paul’s in London.
As a Product Designer in the Design Systems team, you’ll play a key role in the evolution of Origami, the FT’s design system,
helping teams design and build with greater consistency, quality and pace. You’ll work across reusable principles, patterns,
foundations, components and libraries that support product delivery across the FT.
This role spans web and mobile in a hybrid environment combining native and web-based experiences. You’ll contribute to patterns
that work coherently across iOS, Android and web, helping create a consistent, high-quality experience across platforms.
You’ll collaborate closely with product designers, engineers and product managers, and work with Brand and Editorial Design teams
to ensure alignment across foundational styles and journalistic layouts. You’ll work within our federated contribution model,
helping teams contribute to, adopt and evolve the system over time.
Accessibility is fundamental to this role. You’ll help ensure patterns, components and guidance meet high accessibility standards
from the outset.
We’re looking for someone with strong craft, attention to detail and curiosity about systems thinking and emerging technologies.
You’ll contribute to creating a premium, coherent FT product experience while continuing to develop your own design systems
practice within an established and evolving team.
improve consistency across teams.
to inform decisions.
and usage guidance.
effective use and sharing of design tokens across Figma and production code.
working.
documentation and reusable patterns.
teams and platforms.
environments.
understanding of HTML, CSS and accessible, semantic markup.
Our benefits vary by location but we are committed to providing best-in-class perks across all our offices. These include generous
annual leave, medical cover, inclusive parental leave packages, subsidised gym memberships and opportunities to give back to the
community. Full details of our benefits are available here.
We currently operate a hybrid model which requires staff to work onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements & regular
review. While flexible working requests will be considered, not all patterns are suitable for all roles. We believe this balanced
approach supports flexibility and protects our culture, making collaboration and communication easier, building stronger
relationships and team cohesion, and supporting peer learning. We reserve discretion on reasonable notice to change this approach
either generally or for specific individuals or teams.
We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation as part of the application process or to enable you
to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements or have any questions, email talent@ft.com and a member of
our team will be happy to help.
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At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2026, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value-based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to delivery the best experience for our customers and end users. We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board. We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages. About the Role As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer at Ledgy, you’ll design and build elegant, scalable systems that power how companies manage their equity. You’ll collaborate with fellow engineers (based mainly in Zurich and London), product managers, and designers to develop industry-leading automation and experiences — while many in our space still rely on manual processes. In the first 30 days: * Be paired with an onboarding buddy who will introduce you to the world of equity management * Get to know our engineering team, product managers, and designers * Understand how your team’s surface area connects to the broader Ledgy platform * Start contributing to the codebase with the guidance of experienced team members In the first 3 months: * Ship independently on impactful product features and improvements * Participate in architecture discussions around scaling workflows, data models, and integrations * Work alongside other engineers to implement robust, reliable data flows * Develop a deep understanding of how companies manage and automate equity * Participate in code reviews and help maintain our engineering standards In the first 6–12 months: * Take ownership of key features and improvements within your team’s domain * Help shape the technical direction and architecture of Ledgy’s equity platform * Collaborate with Product and Design to deliver polished, user-centric experiences * Mentor other engineers and share expertise in automation, data modeling, and scalability Teams we’re hiring for Core Equity — Owns the foundational logic that powers Ledgy’s equity engine. Every equity-related event such as issuing shares, creating new pools, or adjusting ownership — generates transactions. This team defines and maintains the transaction logic, data model, and core domain behaviour that ensure Ledgy’s platform remains accurate, scalable, and compliant. Workflows & Automation — Focuses on automating complex equity workflows and integrating with third-party services, including the trading exchange. The team builds systems that help company admins efficiently onboard and offboard employees, automate equity grants and terminations, and enable employees to sell their shares seamlessly once vested. Reporting — Transforms Ledgy’s core equity data into financial, operational, and compliance reports. The team manages large, complex datasets and ensures reporting is accurate, performant, and reliable across jurisdictions and company structures. Their work powers the insights companies and auditors rely on for decision-making and transparency. The job is a good fit if: * You have 7+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer * You're excited about the impact of equity on entrepreneurship and its real-world impact for companies * You enjoy tackling complex financial data transformations and compliance requirements * You enjoy writing clean, maintainable TypeScript code, both in the backend and frontend * You are excited to work with React, NodeJS, and MongoDB * You thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy pair programming * You take pride in creating robust, tested solutions for critical business operations Being part of Ledgy means: * Recharge and re-energize with flexible working hours, 25 days of vacation, and up to 40 days of remote work from outside your home country. * We make space for your own professional development, with a generous yearly learning & development budget. * This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. All salaries are aligned with competitively benchmarked ranges based on work location and levelling. * For candidates based in London or Zurich we use a hybrid work model of 1 day in the office per week. Our tech stack: We have a modern, cohesive stack that lets us move fast while maintaining quality: * Language: TypeScript * Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC * Backend: tRPC, Node.js, MongoDB * Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Github Actions The interview process: * CV Review: we review your resume to see if we might be a good fit * Getting to know you (30 min): meet with someone from our people team to talk about your experience and to answer questions about the role * Live Coding (75 min): We'll present you with an equity domain problem to solve collaboratively using your preferred language and IDE * System Design (60 min): You'll walk us through an architecture you've significantly contributed to in the past, and we'll explore different aspects based on your experience * Culture Interview: A chance to meet one of our founders for a 30 minute chat about Ledgy’s mission and values * Offer 🎉
ABOUT US Risk Ledger is developing a network of connected organisations, all working together to defend against cybersecurity attacks in the supply chain. Organisations rely on us to establish trust, through sharing their security maturity and visualising the risks posed by their supply chain ecosystem. And we’re already trusted by customers like ASOS, British Airways, BAE Systems and the NHS. We are putting together an amazing and talented team from a diverse set of backgrounds and skillsets to drive us towards our vision. Risk Ledger is built on the respect we have for one another and our users, united by our shared values and mission. Every one of us is still learning: it’s how we grow as individuals. We’re curious. We’re ambitious. And we’re humble and honest. At Risk Ledger, we aim high to find the best solutions we can and always put our users first. THE TEAM: You’ll join a cross-functional department of Software Engineers, Product Managers and Designers, all collaborating together with the wider business to achieve impactful product outcomes. Everyone is involved from day one in shaping opportunities that provide outsized value to both clients and suppliers on Risk Ledger, keeping our users as top priority. We care deeply about building the right thing, in order to fundamentally shift mindsets in the cybersecurity industry. We ship quickly & continuously in order to learn and iterate - whilst always pushing for the highest possible quality bar and keeping security and automation front and centre. The core of our stack is GoLang, AWS, and Vue.js, with modern design philosophies and a cloud-native approach. THIS ROLE Our Product Engineers play a crucial role in our user and product experience. You will be focused on solving innovative end-to-end product challenges in the best manner for our customers. Whilst you may have a natural inclination towards the backend or frontend, we expect you to have a good breadth of knowledge across the stack. You’ll delve into all aspects of our tech stack and product portfolio, having meaningful impact on our customers, and the overall success of the business. As a Senior engineer, you’ll be embedded in a squad, trusted to autonomously lead and own impact in your area with little oversight. You should expect to work across the full stack, taking ownership of mid-to-large initiatives and driving them through to completion. You’ll set a high standard in your squad through the quality of your work and your ability to coach and support those around you. You’ll be collaborating on a daily basis with designers, product managers, other engineers and the wider business to create a great product experience and continuously ship value to our users. You’ll be expected to set a strong example within your squad, championing best practices and helping to level up the engineers around you. You will also contribute to shaping our engineering strategy and practices. IN THE ROLE YOU WILL; * Collaborate to deliver an exceptional product. From understanding initial needs to crafting outstanding solutions, you’ll work directly with product managers and designers to bring ideas to life. And by that, we don’t just mean implement requirements, we expect our engineers to understand our market and customers in order to be able to influence product strategy and challenge assumptions. * Develop high quality systems and code. Working across our stack, you’ll design and develop the systems that underpin the Risk Ledger product and advance us towards our vision. You’ll lead system design efforts, consistently producing high-quality, well-documented and thoroughly tested code that sets the standard for your squad. * Move fast, with an eye for quality. You enjoy moving fast while maintaining an extremely high quality bar through testing, automation, discipline, consistency and best practice, whilst treading a careful line in pragmatism and cost-benefit analysis. * Enjoy being a generalist. We are building an amazing and talented team from a diverse set of backgrounds and skillsets. Our engineers are empowered to work in all areas of our platform, and across all areas of the business, directly contributing to the wider success of the company. * Support the growth of those around you. You will mentor and coach junior and mid-level colleagues, helping them level up their hands-on technical skills, system design thinking and problem-solving approach. * Have an impact. We’re a growing startup - so you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in areas outside of your day to day role. YOU’LL HAVE; * Worked in multiple engineering teams focused on building a customer focused SaaS product; weighing up delivering value to clients against technical excellence. * Deep experience with either backend or frontend development. * Backend language preferably Go; Or something like Java, C# or Python * Frontend: Typescript preferably with VueJS or React * In either case, reasonable additional experience with: * SQL and ‘NoSQL’ Data stores, with deep knowledge of data model design * Containers and Orchestration: Docker / Kubernetes * Cloud providers and cloud native services, preferably AWS * Event driven systems, and messaging services such as SQS/SNS, Kafka or RabbitMQ * Experience leading system design for non-trivial features or projects, evaluating trade-offs and ensuring alignment with team and business goals. * A desire to deeply understand our customers and the problems they face, in order to improve their day-to-day experience. * An ability to thrive in ambiguity, tackling problems that might not be well defined and without obvious solutions, and comfortable operating autonomously. * A keen sense of curiosity, with a natural drive to learn and grow. * A passion to work collaboratively with others. We like to work as a team, not a collection of individuals and we expect you to have the same mindset. Passion for pairing, mobbing and other XP principles are a strong plus. YOU MIGHT HAVE; * Experience mentoring or coaching other engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and confidence. * A startup/scale-up background. We’re not concerned if you have not worked in this environment, as long as you are willing to get stuck into the ambiguity of an early stage company. * Experience of data processing, machine learning, AI or integrating large datasets into a product. * Worked with observability solutions (Kibana, Grafana, Sentry). The perks: * 💰Competitive base salary * 📈Generous EMI equity package * 👌Private pension * ✈️28 days annual leave + bank holidays * 🏖Additional 30 days of unpaid leave per year to use as you wish * 🎆Ad-hoc companywide time off over the festive period * 🏥Private healthcare with AXA Insurance - including enhanced mental wellbeing coverage * 🏠Hybrid working policy, typically 2-3 days in the office * 👶Enhanced family (parental) leave - gender-neutral policy, 12 weeks paid leave * 👪5 days Caretaker's leave * 😷Enhanced occupational sick pay * 💻£500 WFH budget * 📚All the learning resources and books you want to aid in your personal development * 🎉 Regular socials to unwind and have some fun Salary range £90,000—£120,000 GBP
THE ROLE We are seeking a technically adept Business Analyst to bridge business needs and technology solutions, focusing on functional design and outcome-driven product delivery within the Technology & Digital Services (TDS) portfolio. This role is critical in enabling NextEnergy Group’s digital transformation by ensuring requirements are clearly defined, validated, and translated into scalable, secure, and user-centric solutions. You will work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, engineers, and data teams to capture requirements, design functional specifications, and support delivery across multiple platforms and applications. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Requirements Gathering & Analysis * Engage stakeholders to elicit, document, and validate business requirements. * Translate business needs into functional specifications, process flows, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. * Analyse existing workflows and identify opportunities for digitization and optimization. Functional Design & Documentation * Develop detailed functional designs, including data models, integration points, and system interactions. * Ensure designs align with architectural standards, security policies, and compliance requirements. * Maintain up-to-date documentation throughout the product lifecycle. Product Delivery & Agile Support * Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to prioritize backlog items and ensure timely delivery. * Participate in agile ceremonies, providing clarity on requirements and functional design. * Support testing phases by validating functionality against requirements and assisting with defect resolution. Data & Integration Focus * Work with data engineering teams to define data requirements, mappings, and transformation rules. * Ensure functional designs accommodate integration with cloud platforms and analytics tools. Risk & Compliance * Partner with compliance and security teams to ensure adherence to regulatory and governance standards. * Identify and mitigate functional risks early in the design process. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate: * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. * Proficiency in creating functional specifications, process maps, and user stories. * Familiarity with data platforms, APIs, and integration patterns. * Excellent communication skills able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders. * Knowledge of agile delivery practices and tools (e.g., Azure DevOps). * Understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements in technology solutions. * Passion for our mission ‘to generate a more sustainable future by leading the transition to clean energy * Our values: be a leader, build trust, be responsible, be innovative and ‘bring your alpha’. EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS * Prior experience as a Business Analyst in a technology-driven environment. * Hands-on experience with functional design for complex systems and integrations. * Exposure to data platforms and analytics tools is advantageous. * Experience working in regulated industries (energy, finance, utilities, or similar). * The right to work in the UK. WHAT WE OFFER * A busy role in a supportive team, with plenty of opportunities to learn * International scope – we operate in over 8 countries * Hybrid working – we will need you in the central London (Mayfair) office at least twice a week, but you will normally be able to work remotely for the remainder of the week * 30 days’ holiday per year (3 of which are taken during the festive shutdown in December) * Private pension * BUPA Healthcare for you and qualifying dependents * Cycle to work and electric vehicle leasing schemes * Annual discretionary bonus. HOW TO APPLY If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the link to apply or send your application to careers@nextenergygroup.com. If you have been shortlisted for the next stage, we will be in contact within 14 days. By selecting “Apply” or sending us your CV, you indicate you have read and acknowledged NextEnergy Group’s Candidate Privacy Notice. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Our approach to diversity and inclusion is a natural extension of our values. Our entrepreneurial culture inspires us to try new things, be open to different viewpoints and be bold. Our Group is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness that values difference and gives space for individual expression. The collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent and hard work form the bedrock of who we are and who we aspire to be. We are committed to equal employment and advancement opportunity irrespective of race, color, ancestry, social background, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. ABOUT US NextEnergy Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction, and ownership of solar assets across multiple jurisdictions. NextEnergy Group operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital (Investment Management), WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management), and Starlight (Asset Development). NextEnergy Capital manages the Group's investment activities and has invested in over 520 solar plants, exceeding 2GW in capacity across its institutional funds. * NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF): Listed on the London Stock Exchange, NESF manages 102 solar and energy storage assets in the UK and Italy, with a total installed capacity of 983MW and a gross asset value of £1,014m. * NextPower II (NPII): A private fund of 105 solar plants (149MW) focused on Italy, successfully divested in January 2022, delivering net IRRs exceeding its 10-12% target. * NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG): A private fund targeting solar infrastructure in OECD countries (e.g., US, Spain, Italy), with $896m raised, exceeding its $750m target. * NextPower UK ESG (NPUK ESG): A private fund dedicated to new-build solar plants in the UK, with ~£600m raised. * NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG): A private OECD solar fund investing in solar and adjacent technologies like battery storage. To date, it has raised $745m, targeting $1.5bn ($2bn ceiling). WiseEnergy® is NextEnergy Group’s operating asset manager. WiseEnergy is a leading specialist operating asset manager in the solar sector. Since its founding, WiseEnergy has provided solar asset management, monitoring, technical due diligence and under construction services to over 1,500 utility-scale solar power plants with an installed total capacity in excess of 3.4 GW. WiseEnergy clients comprise leading banks and equity financiers in the energy and infrastructure sector. Starlight is NextEnergy Group’s development company that is active in the development phase of solar projects. It has developed over 100 utility-scale projects internationally and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green and brownfield project developments across global geographies. NextSTEP is the venture capital fund of NextEnergy Group, dedicated to investing in innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. The fund primarily focuses on investments in Italy and the United Kingdom but also extends its reach to the rest of Europe and the United States, targeting startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. NextSTEP pays particular attention to emerging entities from incubators, startup accelerators, universities, and research centers, supporting projects that address global challenges in crucial areas such as Climate Change, Energy Transition, CO2 Capture and Sequestration, Circular Economy, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Fashion, Waste Management, Water and much more. NextEnergy Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2016 by the NextEnergy Group that operates internationally and whose mission is to proactively participate in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions by providing clean energy sources in regions where they are not yet available and thereby contributing to poverty reduction. As the main sponsor of this foundation, the NextEnergy Group donates at least 5% of its consolidated net profits each year. The NextEnergy Foundation has no overhead costs and therefore 100% of the funds raised go to donations for the various projects. Since 2016, in 8 years of operation the foundation has donated more than £1.2 million, supporting over 30 projects in 27 different countries around the world.