Software Engineer

JOB DETAILS

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Full-stack) x2

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Corporate Digital Applications

LOCATION: Any BBC base or UK Remote

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £43,000 - £50,133 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Corporate Digital & Applications (CDA) delivers a broad range of internal tools and services that make it easier for our BBC colleagues to do their jobs. As a Software Engineer in CDA, you will be pivotal in our mission to deliver value at pace using React, GraphQL and AWS. You will help shape our products, technical approach, and guide others around you.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

CDA builds and continuously improves the BBC’s flagship internal apps. These include custom-built apps to manage HR functions such as people management, procurement, internal events, finance, and scheduling of staff.

We’re also currently working on enhancing our bespoke design system to optimise the development of new apps. This will enable us to react quickly and take on many more new projects.

CDA also run iPages, the system behind the BBC’s intranet and its public-facing corporate sites. iPages uses a headless CMS system and a serverless AWS architecture to build and host pages viewed by millions of people at a very low cost.

We’re continuously improving iPages components and editor tools, responding quickly to business needs as they arise, finding fast and robust solutions.

We’re a team that’s friendly, flexible and supportive. If you are too, you’ll fit in well.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Collaborate effectively to design, develop, test, and release well-engineered code
• Work closely with the CDA product team
• Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement
• Effectively participate in the team's software development methodologies, such as pairing, code reviews, agile planning and continuous delivery
• Write appropriate automated tests to ensure code-quality
• Actively help troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies
  
  

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A demonstrable passion for web development
• Significant experience with technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript (ideally with React, but not necessarily if you are a fast learner)
• Some understanding of web accessibility standards
• Experience of building and consuming APIs, ideally in Node.js
• Some experience working with relational databases
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  
  

Desired Criteria

• Working knowledge of AWS or other cloud service providers
• Experience working with GraphQL APIs
• Experience of maintaining and optimising relational databases
• Experience with a headless CMS
  
  

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.