Software Engineer TV Apps

Salford - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 45000 - 55000

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: TV & Devices Experience Product Group
LOCATION: Salford MediaCity Dock House Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 45000 - 55000 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. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

A crucial part of BBCs strategy is migrating our audience from linear TV into iPlayer & Sounds. The products our team own focus on exactly this offering easy and enticing journeys from linear TV into digital content. We work across many TV platforms including Sky Q Sky Glass/Stream Freeview Freely and Virgin Media to provide Red and Green Button journeys either direct into relevant iPlayer/Sounds content or to view promoted content available.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Our products are underpinned by a technically diverse architecture blending the latest cloud services and well-established broadcast engineering. We are increasingly using multi variant testing to ensure we develop new features and enhancements that the audience love and engage with. We offer a unique opportunity to use and develop a broad range of technical skills within a supportive high performing team.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
Be accountable for the development of effective software that meets given complex strategic business needs for immediate team and broader BBC
Review and give constructive feedback on others code
Troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle including out of hours support for incident resolution
Contribute to continuous improvement of the teams delivery and development processes
Mentor more junior software engineering team members
Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies and help introduce them where appropriate

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
A growth mindset willing to learn and share knowledge
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Experience of coding with Javascript Typescript and
Familiar with cloud based micro services API and database development
Front end development and frameworks and libraries eg React

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
Experience of Agile development methodologies
Use of MS Copilot or similar in development
Understanding of the principles of Multi Variant Testing
Experience of Broadcast technologies/platforms such as HbbTV and DVB (advantageous but not essential).

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.

Required Experience:

JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: CCONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-timeDEPARTMENT: TV & Devices Experience Product GroupLOCATION: Salford MediaCity Dock House HybridPROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 45000 - 55000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects interna...

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: TV & Devices Experience Product Group
LOCATION: Salford MediaCity Dock House Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 45000 - 55000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.