Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with BBC to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Band: D

Salary: £62,000 to £71,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

Contract type: 12-month Fixed Term

Location: Salford.

This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working (office day is Tuesday)

We’re 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

Step into the world of the BBC, one of the UK's most iconic and beloved brands, where every working day is as unique as it is rewarding. As one of the world’s largest broadcasters, our content reaches millions of people daily; and is only made possible by our teams of Software Engineers. They've been instrumental in pioneering innovative products and unique features that have firmly positioned us at the forefront of the UK’s tech industry.

The Short Form Video team build and maintain the BBC’s media experiences across BBC Online. From videos summarising the latest news stories, to clips of incredible sporting achievements, we enable the BBC’s journalists to present video that educates, informs, and entertains the audience. Our mission is to keep the BBC relevant and valued by enabling people to explore the breadth and depth of content we have to offer, and recommending new and interesting topics for users to dive into. We’re always looking forward at what new features we can implement to improve our media experiences, and are always open to try new ideas. We foster a culture of experimentation, where the entire team is able to innovate and suggest new product improvements for us to test with the audience. Members of the team have the ability to make a real difference, not only transforming how the BBC presents and recommends new and important video content to its audience; but also being part of the BBC community in MediaCityUK. You will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you will be empowered to fulfil your potential. We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. We're deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive. We want people to really enjoy working with us and get a buzz from knowing that what they are doing is making a difference and enhancing people's lives.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Demonstrate strong expertise in full stack web development as part of a multi-discipline agile team.
• Take a structured and professional approach to engineering, ensuring high-quality development.
• Actively participate in pair programming sessions, working closely with other engineers to write maintainable and efficient code.
• Conduct rigorous testing and collaborate with Test Engineers for continuous improvement to testing strategies.
• Drive the ambition to build an outstanding engineering team and culture.
• Conduct code reviews, maintain coding standards and guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement requirements.
• Participate in and help improve the team’s software development methodologies such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.
• Write, review and take responsibility for technical documentation.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle.
• Remain hand-on in coding while mentoring and coaching more junior staff.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to colleagues.
• Expertise in developing for operational and non-functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations).
• Build multi-variate testing (MVT) experiments to help discover new improvements and innovations for our products.

Your Skills And Experience

• Extensive experience with the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Strong experience of JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS and React in a large-scale production environment.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns and best practices.
• Experience of AWS Services such as Lambda and CloudWatch.
• Expertise in TDD and BDD, and previous experience using relevant testing tools such as Jest, JSDOM, Puppeteer, and Chromatic.
• Previous experience managing observability and operational responsibility for large-scale products, both in and out of hours.