Role Responsibility

• Be accountable for the design and development of effective software that meets given the complex, strategic business needs for immediate team and broader BBC
• Promote alignment of the teams products and services with BBC technology and architecture strategy
• Provide technical knowledge and insight to peers and colleagues
• Review and give constructive feedback on others’ code
• Ensure the team’s software works well in its operating environment
• Troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle including out of hours support for incident resolution
• Define and document the team’s best practice and standards
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s delivery and development processes
• Mentor more junior software engineering team members
• Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies, and help introduce them where appropriate

The Ideal Candidate

• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript both on the backend and frontend
• Knowledge of cloud technologies – AWS
• Desirable: Vue.js, Nuxt, TDD
• Desirable: TV device software development experience
• Bonus: Experience with Salesforce development
• Experiencing leading on software projects
• Experience mentoring software engineers

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Salford

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.