Senior Software Engineers

Job Introduction

The BBC is one of the UK's most well-known and loved brands and is a unique and rewarding organisation to work for. We deliver content to millions of people globally every day. That is no easy task, and wouldn't be possible without a fantastic team in Software Engineering who have helped us pioneer new products and innovative features which make us industry leaders. We push technical boundaries and embrace the need for adaptability in a constantly changing world.

We consider software engineering a craft. We take a human-centred approach to software engineering, collaborating with the people writing the code as well as those using it. We place emphasis on continual learning and mentoring, furthering our teams' expertise.

We are a company that cares about building an inclusive, collaborative place of work where you can stretch yourself, personally and professionally. At the BBC, celebrating our employees and investing in their well-being and development is not just a priority or an initiative - it is woven directly into our company fabric.

We value our people, offering regular training and development opportunities, as well as "10%time"- allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning and innovation. We also have a flexible 35 hour working week!

Role Responsibility

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help craft, develop and deploy solutions that drive our digital transformation and products for our millions of users. You will write top quality code and build innovative performant software whilst bringing ideas, energy and leadership to the table.

Some typical responsibilities include:

• Work on audience-facing features built into multiple products
• Write modern, clean and maintainable code for multiple platforms
• Help us in maintaining, extending and refactoring our code base using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js and Python
• Collaborate with other engineers, designersand product managers to solve compelling issues in an agile environment
• Bring a high level of motivation and engineering excellence to the team
• Work in an environment which supports learning and professional growth e.g. through mentoring, workgroups and communities of practice
• Present innovative ideas in roadmap projects, hackathons and multi-disciplinary workgroups

Are you the right candidate?

You will be an experienced software engineer with a demonstrable background working within an Agile/or DevOps environment. Asubject matter expert in your field, particularly in Java, JavaScript, React, Python and Node.js languages, you will be committed to the principles of software craftmanship and clean code.

We look for some of the following skills in a Senior Software Engineer:

• Strong knowledge of modern clean code for multiple platforms
• An understanding ofdeclarative languages
• The ability to engineer solutions that are covered by automated tests
• An aspiration for engineering excellence, using knowledge sharing to learn from each other
• The ability to see errors and mistakes as an opportunity to learn and improve
• A holistic approach to a project, the solution you develop and the views of your colleagues
• An empathetic approach that puts user's experience in the centre
• The desire and ability to proactively communicate in an inclusive way

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type: continuing
Location: London, Salford or Glasgow

The successful candidate will be expected to work from their office base one/two days per week

Any offer of employment is conditional upon you having the right to work in the UK

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

About the BBC

We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here