Front-End Developer (Svelte), part-time

Job description

Maro is an analytics platform showing publishers how their journalism performs wherever it appears, from their own sites and apps to Apple News, MSN and, increasingly, AI platforms. Journalists see what's working against their publication’s strategy and make smarter decisions that better engage their audiences.

We're now excited to grow our team for a new project expanding the product into new areas, and we need a front-end developer to build the interface editors will use every day.

What you'll do

• Build new analytics views in Svelte over a Postgres-backed API, including video and content previews, and our Top/Middle/Bottom performance scores.
• Turn wireframes and designs, sometimes from our UX designer and sometimes your own, into fast, accessible components.
• Iterate on feedback from moderated testing with editorial users at our pilot publishers.
• Work directly with our CPO, who built the existing front end.

What you'll bring

• 3+ years of professional front-end development, with Svelte or SvelteKit (strong React or Vue considered if you're keen to switch).
• A track record of working in a development team: shared codebases, Git and code review.
• Confidence with data-heavy UIs: tables, filters, charts.
• An eye for accessibility and clarity.
• Experience using frontier AI tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot) to help with coding and development, and the judgement to review and test what they produce.
• Nice to have: experience of editorial, newsroom or analytics tools.

Why join

Our mission is to support a sustainable future for journalism and the wider media ecosystem, by helping news organisations, magazines and other publishers make better-informed decisions that grow engagement and revenue.

We work with some of the world's leading publishing brands, including The Canadian Press, Metro, Hello! Magazine, Australian Associated Press, NTB and Atlantico. Joining us means ambitious R&D with clear success measures, a live product used by newsrooms worldwide, a real journalist user group to test with, and a small team where what you build can really make a difference to the work of journalists and creators across the world.

What we offer

• The prospect of extending the role, or making it permanent, if the project succeeds.
• Work from home, choosing your days and hours within the weekly total.
• 28 days' holiday a year including bank holidays, pro rata to your hours.
• Workplace pension with a 3% employer contribution.
• A completion bonus of £1,250, paid at the end of your contract in October 2027.
• A company laptop, set up to our security standards.
• A learning budget of up to £500 for a course or conference.
• Occasional travel to meet the team or our pilot publishers, with expenses covered.
• A straightforward hiring process: a short screening call, a paid take-home task and a final video interview (details below).

How to apply Email

your CV and a link to something you've built (GitHub, live site or portfolio) to [email protected], with "APPLICATION: Front-End Developer" in the subject line. The closing date is 29 November 2026. Questions about the role, including how the days and hours could work for you, are welcome at the same address.

We'll hold short screening calls in the week of 30 November and send shortlisted candidates a paid take-home task (£150, no more than 3 hours). Final interviews are by video with our CEO and CPO in the week of 7 December, and we aim to make offers before Christmas.

You're welcome to use AI tools in the take-home task. Just tell us briefly how you used them.

We'll share more about the project with shortlisted candidates, who'll be asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement first.

We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, from people seeking flexible working, and from every part of the UK. Every application is scored against the criteria above by two reviewers. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK, as we're unable to sponsor visas. If you need any adjustments during the process, just let us know.

We'll use your application only to assess you for this role. We'll keep it for six months after the process closes and then delete it, unless you agree to us keeping it for future roles. Our privacy policy is at maroanalytics.com/privacy-policy.