We are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to help us expand our mobile

app teams in London. You will have a leading role in an engineering team responsible for Mobile News that delivers an intuitive and engaging experience to millions of audience

members every day. 

We want the BBC to be as renowned for the quality of its engineering as it is for the quality of its content. We aspire to be the best so that we can engineer outstanding digital products, at scale. Working here in an engineering role means being part of a world-class team and a chance to do the most meaningful work of your career

The BBC’s digital products play a key role in our mission to inform, educate and entertain the audience. We are looking for Software Engineering Team Leads to join the team. These are great opportunities to play a key role in the future of products used by millions.

The BBC offers an inclusive workplace where the principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of our everyday goals and behaviour. We select candidates for our positions on the basis of merit and as an equal opportunity employer we value diversity and all of the benefits it brings.

Role Responsibility

People:

• Key role in leading a multidisciplinary team
• Line management responsibilities for 4/5 engineers
• Assisting with recruiting and onboarding new team members
• Mentoring and developing team members and peers to help them to reach their potential
• Inspiring and motivating the team to help them deliver a world class streaming experience
• Help to foster a collaborative and inclusive culture across Audience Content Experience, which includes News & Sport, Childrens, Education & Longtail, Content Discovery and Channels & Product Excellence. 

Technical Leadership:

• Building, maintaining and evolving a Mobile News App
• Playing a key role in the technical direction of Mobile News
• Advocate new technologies and approaches to ensure our products are industry leading
• Providing domain expertise across the mobile teams
• Ensuring a high standard of engineering excellence within our product

Delivery:

• Work with cross discipline partners to plan and commit to quarterly deliverables
• Work with stakeholders across the News & Sport organisation to align with goals and mission
• Delivering features using agile development practices
• Seeking out new tools and methodologies to evolve our development processes

Are you the right candidate?

Ideal Candidate:

• Have the ability to lead, coach mentor and line manage a team of 4+ engineers
• Have experience working with cross discipline peers including Product Managers, Delivery Mangers and Design Leads
• Be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in an organisation
• Strong Android experience, with deep understanding of Android app architecture and design idioms
• Proficient in Kotlin and Java
• Strong understanding of OOP, analysis and decoupled design
• Demonstrable understanding of Test-Driven Development
• Experience of source control systems such as Git
• A track record of producing maintainable code within collaborative environments
• Ability to rapidly acquire new software skills and to work with new technologies

Desirable:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience with both Android and iOS development
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment in mobile apps
• Web services integration (REST, JSON) in a mobile environment
• Experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban project management methodologies
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London - New Broadcasting House

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.