Software Engineering Manager (Data Platform)
Software Engineering Manager (Data Platform)
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Job Package
Job Reference:24211
Band: E
Salary: 95000-110000k depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: Office Base is Newcastle Salford or London.
Job Introduction
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 BBCs digital products play a key role in our mission to inform educate and entertain the audience. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Data Engineering team.
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 based on merit and as an equal opportunity employer we value diversity and all the benefits it brings
Interview process
Two stage interview process
1st stage - Virtual interview approx. one hour of technical and values-based questions. Interviews expected to begin the week 7th July 2025.
2nd stage - Technical Interview
Job Description
As the Engineering Manager for the Insights Tooling team within BBCs Data Platform you will lead up to 50 engineers including Software Engineering Team Leads and Principal Engineers to transform siloed analytics solutions into a unified API-driven platform on AWS. Your work will empower teams across the
BBCfrom journalists to executivesto make data-informed decisions by delivering scalable user-friendly data products.
You will collaborate with Engineering Architecture Product and UX leaders to drive technical excellence while fostering a culture of innovation inclusivity and best practices in data engineering.
Main Responsibilities
Platform Leadership: Architect and deliver scalable API-first analytics solutions enabling seamless data access across the BBC.
Full-Stack Ownership: Oversee development of:
o Frontend applications (React TypeScript ) for intuitive data visualization.
o Backend systems for large-scale data ingestion processing (AWS) storage and management (e.g. NoSQL like MongoDB).
Engineering Excellence: Champion DevOps observability and CI/CD practices to ensure reliability performance and data quality.
Team Growth: Recruit mentor and develop engineering talent fostering leadership within your teams.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Product UX and Delivery teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
Inclusive Culture: Cultivate a diverse psychologically safe environment where teams thrive.
Are you the right candidate
You are a data-savvy engineering leader with a proven record of building high-impact platforms and teams. You bring:
Technical Expertise
Proven experience designing large-scale data platforms (AWS APIs cloud-native architectures).
Strong grasp of modern data engineering (ETL warehousing real-time processing) and full-stack development (React ).
Operational rigor in DevOps/SRE practices (monitoring scalability incident management).
Leadership & Collaboration
Success leading 50 engineers including managers and principals in agile environments.
Ability to translate business needs into technical strategy balancing innovation with pragmatism.
Passion for mentoring teams and advocating for inclusive user-centric engineering practices.
Stakeholder Impact
Experience driving cross-functional alignment in complex organizations.
Focus on audience-first outcomes using experimentation and data to guide decisions.
Why Join the BBC
Build products that inform educate and entertain millions of users worldwide.
Work alongside talented peers who share your passion for public service media.
Competitive benefits flexible working and opportunities for growth and innovation.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.
We dont 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 youve read about our values and behaviourshere.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individuals 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 thats 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.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC please clickhere.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
