Mobile Software Engineer

JOB DETAILS

BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Playback Engineering

LOCATION:Salford - Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Software Engineer within Mobile Playback youll be joining a team of engineers developing our Media Player components the core playback engine of all video and audio content across the BBC online. The BBC is recognised throughout the world for the quality of the content that we produce and the programmes that we broadcast. We are looking for high calibre developers with a passion for technology to help us transform the experience for our audience when consuming media in the digital age.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Mobile Playback Engineering part of Media Services is an integral part of the BBCs digital-first strategy delivering consistent user experiences and core functionality across the BBCs mobile estate.

The media components we build are right at the heart of the BBCs best loved products including iPlayer Sounds News and Sport to name just a few. Whether youre catching up on last nights episode of EastEnders listening to Radio 1 or jumping right into live sporting action our media player provides a robust reliable and consistent playback experience.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

As a Software Engineer your responsibilities will include feature development ongoing product maintenance and upholding high standards of software will make a key contribution to the entire development lifecycle as part of a team that is committed to collaboration and continuous improvement.

We work across Android (Kotlin / Java) and iOS (Swift / Objective-C) so you will need significant experience writing software for at least one of these will contribute to technical discussions and software design alongside the team supporting our principles of code quality and clean architecture.

You will have a genuine enthusiasm for the future of technology in broadcasting and the difference you can commitment to ongoing learning and growth will be supported by cross-team groups meet-ups and chapters dedicated to areas like Android and iOS development accessibility security software development practices continuous delivery and a wide range of other topics.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Proven experience in native mobile application development.
• Strong proficiency in Java Kotlin Swift or Objective-C.
• Solid foundation in object-oriented programming techniques and understanding of software design patterns.
• Demonstrable experience with test-driven development.
• Experience managing code using source control systems such as GitHub.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Experience with continuous integration tools such as GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in integrating web services (REST JSON) within a mobile environment.
• Experience in native mobile component API development and management.
• Experience with native mobile media player APIs and/or media streaming protocols (e.g. HLS MPEG DASH).
• Familiarity with collaborative tools and practices such as bug tracking (e.g. Jira) wikis (e.g. Confluence) and pair programming.

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

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