Senior Software Engineer

Overview

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND : D

CONTRACT TYPE : Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT : Mobile Enablement

LOCATION : Glasgow Pacific Quay – Hybrid 1 day a week

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE : £60,000 - £65,000 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

You’ll be working on the Mobile Enablement team, helping to provide tools, infrastructure and assistance to support teams building the BBC’s mobile apps for iOS and Android.

As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll play a key role building, maintaining and acquiring systems and services to help other BBC mobile teams build faster and align on technology and processes.

You will accelerate the team by mentoring colleagues, as well as engaging with teams across the organisation.

Why join the team

On the Mobile Enablement team you will find yourself in a central connecting role within the BBC mobile space. This is an opportunity to work on key fundamental areas with a wide impact and to build relationships with teams and colleagues to have an impact across the organisation.

We have a primary focus of supporting software engineers providing a unique opportunity to engage with the needs of technical colleagues.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Developing and maintaining systems and infrastructure to support mobile app development within the BBC
• Working through the product lifecycle from requirements through to release and ongoing support, with an emphasis on working closely with internal stakeholders in the mobile app space.
• Participate in agile practices, code reviews and other measures to contribute to a culture of openness, quality and continuous improvement
• Liaising with colleagues in teams across the organisation to gather requirements, provide support, troubleshoot
• Supporting the systems provided by our team and responding to incoming requests from colleagues

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Desirable

Pre-employment disclosure

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment 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.

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.

For any general queries, please contact : bbchr@bbc.co.uk

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.

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