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Senior Software Engineer
Software Engineering
Permanent - Full Time
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 09/03/2025
THE ROLE
Salary range: £55k to £65k
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Newcastle (one / two days per week in our office at Newcastle Broadcasting Centre on Barrack Road)
• 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 Reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.
Job Introduction
Join the BBC's Data Sourcing team as we revolutionize the way our organization makes decisions! As a Software Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in empowering our colleagues across Radio, TV, News, and Sports to make data-driven choices that shape the future of the BBC. Our mission is to keep the BBC at the forefront of innovation, and we're looking for talented engineers like you to help us achieve it.
Imagine being part of a team that's constantly pushing boundaries, experimenting with new technologies, and collaborating with experts from around the world. That's what it means to work with the BBC Data Sourcing team! We're not just building software - we're creating a platform for change, one line of code at a time.
As part of our brand-new tech hub in Newcastle, you'll be part of a vibrant community that's passionate about making a difference. With a culture that values diversity, integrity, and merit, you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills, learn from others, and make your mark on the world. So why wait? Join us on this exciting journey and help shape the future of the BBC!
Role Responsibilities
We focus on hiring for potential at the BBC, so the main requirement for the position is a strong software engineering skillset. We want to hear from skilled engineers and technical experts from all industries.
* Demonstrate expertise in full stack development and leadership, with a focus on data technologies.
* Take a structured and professional approach to engineering, ensuring high-quality development.
* Emphasis on attention to detail, with the ability to build performant and scalable applications.
* Collaborate with Test Engineers to find best solutions to test the data platform’s infrastructure.
* Mentor junior engineers, promote a culture of learning, and stay up to date with new technologies, particularly in data domains.
* Contribute to high-level architecture decisions and integrations, leveraging a wide range of AWS technologies.
* Collaborate with leadership to build and nurture the engineering community.
* Foster relationships with local engineering networks for a sustainable talent pipeline and team scalability.
* Remain hands-on in coding while supporting less experienced engineers.
* Improve the team’s CI/CD tools integration and operations and can also help ensure end-to-end quality of the integration systems.
* Conduct code reviews, maintain and implement coding standards, and guidelines.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement requirements.
* Dedicated to growing the Tech Hub, and eager to engage with the North-East tech community.
* Work alongside the product managers, offering technical solutions to new product features.
You will play a key role in driving our ambition to build an outstanding software engineering team, environment, and culture. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our tech community to drive this transformation, build a modern digital ecosystem using exciting technologies and do the best work of their careers.
Are you the right candidate?
The teams have the autonomy to choose the appropriate tools. Below are some of the tools/ technologies we currently use in our team:
* Languages: Java, Python
* Testing: Rest-Assured, Cucumber, Postman, Gatling
* Data: MySQL, Timestream, Redshift, Redis, InfluxDB, AWS Glue
We create and support reliable and scalable cloud-based services on Amazon Web Services, use Git and GitHub for version control and practice pair programming and Test-Driven Development where possible.
In a nutshell, we seek a leader who champions inclusivity, nurtures talent, and upholds the BBC's values, all while driving technical excellence.
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.
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.
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.
BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.
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