JOB LOCATION
Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
London, GBR, W1A 1AA
Salford, GBR, M50 2QH
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: BBC Media Tech – Mobile Experiences
LOCATION: Glasgow Pacific Quay or Salford Dock House or London Broadcasting House – 1 day a week Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £63,000 – £68,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
BBC EXTEND
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non‑apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
For more information on BBC Extend, visit the BBC Extend webpage. EX2324.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
You’ll be working on the Mobile Enablement team, helping to provide tools, infrastructure and assistance to support teams building the BBC’s mobile apps for iOS and Android.
As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll play a key role building, maintaining and acquiring systems and services to help other BBC mobile teams build faster and align on technology and processes.
You will accelerate the team by mentoring colleagues, as well as engaging with teams across the organisation.
Why join the team: On the Mobile Enablement team you will find yourself in a central connecting role within the BBC mobile space. This is an opportunity to work on key fundamental areas with a wide impact and to build relationships with teams and colleagues to have an impact across the organisation, including all mobile apps.
We have a primary focus of supporting software engineers providing a unique opportunity to engage with the needs of technical colleagues.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
- Developing and maintaining systems and infrastructure to support mobile app development within the BBC.
- Working through the product lifecycle from requirements through to release and ongoing support, with an emphasis on working closely with internal stakeholders in the mobile app space.
- Participate in agile practices code reviews and other measures to contribute to a culture of openness, quality and continuous improvement.
- Liaising with colleagues in teams across the organisation to gather requirements, provide support, troubleshoot.
- Supporting the systems provided by our team and responding to incoming requests from colleagues.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
- Technical Insight (Cloud technologies): Experience and expertise building in AWS, including CodeBuild, CodePipeline, EC2, Lambda, Docker, CloudWatch.
- Supporting production systems: Experience and knowledge of supporting systems and concerns such as reliability, monitoring, dealing with live incidents and conducting Post Incident Reviews.
- Quality coding practices: such as testing, security concerns, meaningful PR feedback, and appropriate documentation for different audiences.
- Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to collaborate with a broad range of colleagues, technical and non‑technical, both within a team and across other internal organisation clients.
- Team Building: Experience mentoring more junior colleagues, improving team processes and contributing to building high‑performing teams.
DESIRABLE:
- Technical Insight (Mobile Apps): Knowledge and experience of native mobile app development.
- Technical Insight (MacOS build machines): Using MacOS as a CI build environment.
- Technical Insight (GCP): Google Cloud Platform administration including Firebase.
- Technical Insight (CI/CD): CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
- Expertise in one or more languages commonly used in AWS development such as Python including relevant experience of automated testing.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
Benefits
- Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35‑hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
- Excellent career and professional development.
- Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
- A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Accessibility
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email at reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.
Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.
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