Job Overview
Location
Gurugram
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Full-Stack Engineer
Date Posted
May 3, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Senior Full Stack Engineer role in the AI Lab at The Economist Group, focused on building AI-powered user experiences for journalism products.
- • Day-to-day responsibilities include building interactive prototypes for LLM capabilities in web and mobile, implementing voice interactions, collaborating with design to turn Figma flows into working code, integrating AI services (LLM, STT/TTS) with frontend experiences, contributing to React/Next.js frontend components, and working with Python-based AI infrastructure.
- • The AI Lab is a small, fast-moving innovation unit within The Economist Group, working to reimagine journalism for an AI-driven world. You’ll be one of the first three engineers, collaborating closely with Tech, Design, and Product Leads, and working as part of a globally distributed team with colleagues in the UK and Europe.
- • In this role, you’ll ship zero-to-one products that directly impact how millions of readers interact with journalism, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge GenAI and multimodal interfaces, deepen your full-stack expertise in AI-integrated systems, and help shape the future of media innovation.
🎯 Requirements
- • 8+ years of experience in frontend or full-stack development with strong UX intuition
- • Fluency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript, ideally with Next.js
- • Strong working knowledge of browser audio APIs and voice interaction libraries (e.g., Web Speech API, MediaRecorder, Web Audio, or integrations with ElevenLabs/HeyGen)
- • Experience working closely with product and design teams to prototype and iterate on user-facing features
- • Comfortable collaborating across frontend/backend boundaries, including creating lightweight API routes or integrating with LLM endpoints
- • Ability to run, test, and contribute to Python scripts for AI workflows (e.g., model calls, audio processing, STT/TTS)
🏖️ Benefits
- • Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
- • Private health insurance and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources via Employee Assistance Program
- • Work From Anywhere program allowing up to 25 days per year of remote work from any legally permitted location
- • Generous annual and parental leave, plus dedicated days for volunteering and moving home
- • Free access to all The Economist content, including online subscription, apps, podcasts, and more
Skills & Technologies
About The Economist Group Limited
The Economist Group is a global leader in international affairs, business, and finance. Its flagship publication, The Economist magazine, provides in-depth analysis and opinion on global events. Beyond the magazine, the Group operates a diverse portfolio of businesses. These include Economist Impact, which offers data-driven insights and advisory services for businesses and governments; Economist Intelligence, providing economic forecasting and political risk analysis; and Economist Education, offering executive education programs. The company aims to help individuals and organizations understand the forces shaping the world and make better decisions.
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