Software Engineer - EXTEND

• The team works a mostly flexible schedule - core hours are 10am - 4pm. We have one mandatory office day a week, which is currently Tuesdays but which may vary.

Interview Process

The selection process will consist of two stages: Stage 1:

• 1 x hour coding assessment designed to evaluate technical proficiency.

Final Stage: A 1 x hour comprehensive interview comprising:

• A 15-minute technical presentation, and
• A 45-minute blended competency-based interview focused on values and behaviours and technial ability., Join the BBC Video Audiences team to work on delivering innovative new ways for BBC users to discover more of our world-class catalogue of audio and video programmes. As a software engineer, you will be playing a key role in executing the migration from our legacy framework to a new pan-BBC architecture. Your work will directly impact millions of BBC users in the UK, which will allow us to continue to deliver exciting new features now and into the future.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM?

Joining the Video Audiences team offers an exciting opportunity to work on the UK’s fastest-growing VOD platform, shaping how millions of users experience BBC content online. You will be part of a well-rounded team of front-end engineers in an environment that values creativity and continuous learning. If you’re driven by building and delivering high-impact digital experiences to a diverse audience, the Video Audiences team is the perfect place to grow your skills and make a meaningful difference., * Work with project, product and technical leads to design software that meets complex product and business needs, creating implementable specifications and tasks at feature and component level.

• Enforce best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation using modern tools and frameworks (e.g. React).
• Participate in the team’s software development methodologies, such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.
• Learn new technologies and keep informed of existing technologies.

• Have a good understanding of TypeScript, CSS, React and Node.js.
• Experience with testing frameworks and utilities such as Mocha and Sinon.
• Experience with writing and maintaining robust production software in a fast-changing environment with rapid release cycles.
• Experience with building and maintaining infrastructure on cloud platforms and effective and resilient CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in pair programming, TDD, and agile process.

DESIRED

• Experience of developing on AWS.
• Experience in working with GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
• Out Of Hours/On Call engineer experience.
• Takes responsibility for delivering tasks to completion.
• Worked in a professional software development environment on several projects (including experience in testing, design and release).

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d 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.

Pulled from the full job description

• Flexible schedule