Skills

JavaScript TypeScript CI/CD DevOps Social Media Architecture Cloud Architecture Programming benchmarking AWS NodeJs Agile Microservices

Job Specifications

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

DEPARTMENT: BBC Product Group, Content & Content Metadata

LOCATION: Salford - Hybrid, 1 day per week in the office

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: PS43,000 - PS57,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC iPlayer is one of the UK's most well-known and loved brands, and we're looking for a passionate engineer to join our team as we develop the next generation platform and video catalogue that powers BBC iPlayer and other BBC products. This is an exciting time as we build the future of BBC TV, and an opportunity to build systems that that help millions of people watch their favourite shows every day.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is a great opportunity to join a high-performing team at the heart of one of the BBC's highest profile digital products. You'll be building high performance, scalable applications in a collaborative and supportive environment, with plenty of opportunities for learning and development.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

Building excellently engineered, highly available solutions using agile development practices.
Contributing to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Collaborating effectively to deliver the best value audience experience.
Working in a DevOps model including solving operational issues and providing out-of-hours support.
Sharing knowledge, learning new skills and adapting to change.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Expertise designing, building and supporting modern Cloud based applications using Typescript/JavaScript and NodeJS
Expertise in Cloud architecture and key technologies (we use AWS extensively)
Expertise in modern development tools and practices (CI/CD, DevOps, Pair Programming, TDD)
Developing software with scale, security and performance in mind.

Desired But Not Required

Experience developing systems using microservices architecture
Experience developing systems using event driven architecture

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

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.

About the Company

The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world. We do this across: - A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online youth service BBC Three, and our multi award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services acros... Know more