BBC Career Opportunities Junior Software Engineer

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Mobile Playback Engineering
LOCATION: Salford - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to 38200 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

Mobile Playback Engineering part of Media Services is an integral part of the BBCs digitalfirst strategy delivering consistent user experiences and core functionality across the BBCs mobile estate. As a Junior 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.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
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 consuming media in the digital age. The media components we build are right at the heart of the BBCs best loved products including iPlayer Sounds News and Sport.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Developing software - for the download playback and decryption of media for the whole of the BBC mobile estate.
• Writing software collaboratively - work closely with other team members through pair programming code review and continuous delivery.
• Working across platforms - happy to work on both Android and iOS codebases
• Writing clean code - enthusiasm for writing clean well documented and testable code.
• Improving ways of working - the ability to question the way we work and the tools and processes we use.
• Communicating effectively - able to talk to developers nondevelopers and communicate remotely across multiple BBC sites.
• Embracing change - curious and embraces change; requirements often change and youll enjoy this challenge.
• Finishing with detail - goal orientated and enjoys finishing the job by developing the final details.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Swift or Objective C.
• Kotlin or Java.
• Software testing practices and frameworks.
• System administration eg Linux
• Test Driven Development

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.