Software Engineering Specialist

Company: BT Group
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

What you’ll be doing

  • Delivers deep technical and repeatable solutions that achieve customer requirements driving positive outcomes
  • Guides partnerships with business and operational stakeholders to conduct business and technical discovery
  • Implements robust recommendations, proposals and scope of work documents for group engagements while also identifying critical dependencies and gaps
  • Delivers the creation of innovative and repeatable solution architectures to resolve a range of complex solution architecture problems and meet agreed requirements
  • Facilitates business stakeholders’ understanding of capabilities and the transformative power of group products, services and technology
  • Drives the team culture of enhancing the solution architect team’s knowledge, methodologies and customer-facing collateral
  • Executes alignment with Enterprise Architecture guardrails and solution patterns
  • Contributes to thought leadership and provides advice on a specific set of technologies to help senior leadership shape the long-term direction of solution architecture strategy
  • Delivers complex, strategic initiatives that are a part of the company’s overall commercial Strategy
  • Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in solution architecture
  • Mentors other solution architects, helping to improve the team’s abilities by acting as a technical resource
  • Act as the technical expert on architecture governance and design authority for development of products and services in line with the published roadmap

Essential Skills / Experience

  • System Design and Architecture: Designing scalable, maintainable, and robust software systems, rather than just writing code.
  • Advanced Programming Proficiency: Mastery of at least one programming language (React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Tailwind/Bootstrap, C#, ASP.net, SQL, Java) and adhering to best practices.
  • Code Quality & Testing: Ensuring high security standards through code reviews, test‑driven development, and writing testable code.

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Debugging and Troubleshooting: Exceptional skills in identifying and fixing complex issues across the stack.
  • Data Structures & Algorithms: Using complex data structures to optimize application performance.
  • DevOps & Infrastructure: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and monitoring.
  • Holds CISP or the role holder will commit to work towards obtaining CISP

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life.

You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle.

Your core benefits include:

  • 10% on target annual bonus
  • Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
  • Market‑leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
  • Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
  • Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
  • Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
  • Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

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Posted: July 19th, 2026