Job Overview
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Job Band- C
Salary range: £49 to £56k
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Includes
An employer pension contribution of up to 10% 26 days annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes Employee assistance and well-being programmes Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested. Minimum of 3 days in office for this role is expected due to the team’s in-office presence.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on [email protected] with the job reference in the subject.
Job Introduction
This role is for a Front End / Full Stack Software Engineer in the Proteus & PiCoS team at the BBC.
We run two of the backroom systems that support thousands of people inside and outside of the BBC who create audio for broadcasting across National, Local and World Service Radio as well as podcasts and streaming through the mighty BBC Sounds. The metadata starts with us. Thousands of in-house and independent producers use these systems to pitch their ideas which the BBC then commission and make into the finest content in the world. We create the systems that manage the commissioning, scheduling, compliance and reporting of all our world class programmes and podcasts.
We are working on lots of interesting applications, including PiCoS; a brand new Pitching and Comissioning system to be used for all of Television and Radio at the BBC. As a Software Engineer in the team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of this new product.
The team are hybrid working (partially from home and office) and are located in the London offices.
Role Responsibilities
As with any role, we would expect you to take some time getting up to speed with our business area, technical landscape and team practices. It may take weeks or months for you to feel that you’ve got a full grasp on things, but we’ll help you to contribute from day one, moving at your pace.
You will be working in a cross-disclipline team, collaborating with the Team Lead, Product Manager, Business Analysts, Testers and other Engineers to delivery quality software.
Over you first year, your focus and responsibilities will grow and develop. In the first 3 months you will be:
Learning the commissioning, production, scheduling and programming metadata business domain that encompasses almost all of our projects.Getting up to speed with our AWS architecture and existing production systems.Getting hands-on and pairing on development tickets, taking part in architecture reviews, 3-amigo sessions and retrospectives.Writing ADRs (Architecture Decision Records), Threat models, or other proposals, and presenting them to the team for discussion.
At 3-6 Months (and Beyond) You Will Be
Taking technical ownership of larger pieces of work, and providing valued input into design, planning and estimation of all of the team’s technical output.Picking up in-hours production support issues.Mentoring and supporting our team of developers.Learning new technologies and keeping abreast of existing technologies.
Beyond these responsibilities you will have time to focus on self-development, through Innovation Time and training.
Are you the right candidate for the role?
As an employer who puts inclusivity as one of our utmost priorities, we will of course make every accommodation and adjustment for any accessibility needs (through both the interview stage and the role going forward).
You may already be a Software Engineer and are looking for a new challenge or to broaden your experience; we can provide a supportive environment for you to explore the technology and systems that drive both digital and broadcast experiences for the audience. Alternatively, you may be an experienced Graduate/Junior Software Engineer looking to take that next step; the BBC have supported many colleagues in progressing their careers and moving through the job family.
In terms of specific technical experience, ideally you would be skilled in:
Front end web technologies (Javascript/React) Cloud technologies (AWS or similiar).
As the team generally work full stack, experience in (or an interest to gain experience in) the following would be beneficial (but not essential).
Java and its associated tools and frameworks, SQL/NoSQL database technologies.
We are a team that likes to work collaboratively, often through pairing. We like practices such as Agile, Behaviour-Driven Development, Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment but, more importantly, we like continuous improvement – we embrace change.
If you think you could thrive in this sort of enrivonment we strongly encourage you to apply.
About The BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.
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 here .
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all 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 .