FT Product & Technology

An in-depth walkthrough of the evolution of our Data Platform

To understand what the Tech Lead role looks like at the FT I talked to Tech Leads across Customer Products to see if it would work for me!

By Michael Hoole

“Here we are now, entertain us…”

By the User Research team

What does it mean when someone says they ‘merged the code’?

What happened when my team inherited an unloved but critical system

By Tara Ojo

Just like financial debt, you have to be wise about the technical debt you are building up over time — and take action to clean it up!

To identify security vulnerabilities more quickly the cyber security team at the FT is exploring building automation around security…

Three key tips for creating habit forming features, from understanding the problem to using movement and change at the right time and in…

“I’ve been reflecting on how naïve I am on the subject of racism. How easy it is to ignore racism as a system, and think of it as a thing…

By Anna Shipman

What is AD?

It was February 2020. Spark, our in-house Content Management System, was preparing for a major milestone — launching to all the news desks.

A new data model built to identify why people are accessing the Financial Times has highlighted the impact of recent market turmoil on how…

What it’s like to start a new job remotely.

By Keran Braich, Alice Bartlett and Edd Sowden — Engineers in the Customer Products team

By Eric Anand

By Nikita Lohia

A story of building central Data Platform at the Financial Times using the latest technology trends.

Every day, FT.com publishes over 100 articles and about 25 developers work on maintaining and improving the site. One of these teams is…

By Lisa Fiander and Costas K

As part of Deaf Awareness Week, we at the FT would like to share some tips from our Deaf colleagues