Job Introduction

TV Partner Devices is focused on getting iPlayer for TV working on partner devices from major international manufacturers. We work closely with companies such as Amazon, Nintendo, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Sky, Virgin Media, Vestel, YouView and many more; enabling amazing experiences for our audiences on as many platforms as possible. Our aim is to assist and deliver certification of platforms for BBC iPlayer and BBC TV products. Partner Engineering (PE) is the investigative and solution developing arm of Partner Devices, in addition PE supports the validation of BBC technical aspirations against industry potential and provides engineering expertise in the Partner to BBC relationship

We offer challenging work but with the time to think and do things right. We value Diversity & Inclusion everywhere at the BBC and encourage people of all background to apply for the role and tell us why they believe they’d be an good addition to the BBC.

If you are interested to know more about D+E please explore the following links:

• Blogs: https://medium.com/bbc-design-engineering
• OpenSource: https://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/
• GitHub: https://github.com/bbc
• General D+E info: https://www.bbc.com/backstage/design-engineering

Role Responsibility

Partner Experience is a team of three within Partner Devices (PD), PE has the following mission objectives:

• Support validation of our Technical aspirations against Industry potential.
• Establish ownership and engineer solutions for device problems with our partners.
• Provide engineering expertise to ensure ongoing compatibility of our audience’s devices.

Along with other teams in Partner Devices, we are geared towards supporting automated certification tools, by building technologies that validate the latest specifications, whilst engaging with our partners to deliver the highest quality experiences for our audiences. The devices we certify enable millions of people to access our products on a daily basis, and our success is critical to the success of the ‘iPlayer for TV’ mission.

You'll be using Node, Javascript, AWS, Cloud Formation, and Github on a daily basis. We work in a range of other programming languages specific to diagnosing device issues so you can expect to be fully involved in this. You'll be building world class innovative tooling to validate and regulate TV certification based on high standards and specifications. Our tools need to be well engineered, well maintained, easy to use, easy to understand, and provide sufficient information to help diagnose and fix faults. 

As a Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for the design of software, and for implementation and operation of effective software and tools. You'll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand business requirements and influence product requirements. We give our engineers 10% time to research new technologies, and encourage knowledge sharing company wide. 

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with software engineering experience, willing to get hands on with devices to investigate, design and develop workable solutions.

You'll thrive in the role if you have the ability to look to the present and future of the industry, and investigate the viability of future platforms or emerging technologies. A successful applicant may also expect to join us in representing the BBC at various engineering engagement events, workshops and public forums.

You'll have and will demonstrate the following: 

• Software engineering experience with a track record of delivering high value software solutions as part of an agile team
• Effective collaboration inside and beyond the team. The ability to influence diverse stakeholders effectively
• Demonstrable experience of Javascript ecosystem and cloud technologies.
• Good communication skills; you should be at ease describing technical details to varying levels of people - internal and external to the BBC
• Evidence of a logical and methodical approach to solving complex problems
• Individuals who are efficient in managing their own time when working independently in order to produce tangible results for review
• Proactive individuals who can identify and pursue relevant learning and development goals

Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent 
Location: Salford, Media City

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 Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities Ã¢â‚¬â€œ 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.

The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/

About the Company

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 in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of 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.

 Closing Date30 September, 2022