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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Discoverability - Product Group
LOCATION: Newcastle 1 day a week Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £43,000 - £53,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
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The BBC’s digital products reach more than 500 million people every week and are trusted globally as a source of news, entertainment and education. That trust is built not only on our editorial standards, but also on the security, reliability and resilience of the systems behind every stream, story and service.
Our Discoverability teams are building platform capabilities that make it easier for audiences to find personalised and contextually relevant content. Our goal is to create the first personalisation platform rooted in public service values.
As the ideal candidate you’ll have strong experience working with large engineering teams, as well as being an excellent communicator and collaborator. You’ll also be very comfortable working with web technologies – such as React, TypeScript, and CSS – as well as the broader technology landscape such as networking, the cloud, and accessibility. You’ll have a thirst for new opportunities – such as those offered by AI – whilst also understanding the operational and safety needs of a large organisation. You’ll also be a self-starter, excellent at seeking opportunities and reaching out to others to make great things happen.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
You will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity 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.
• 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.
• Participate in and lead as required, the team's agile planning and delivery process.
• Participate in and help improve the team’s software development methodologies such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.
• Deliver work to successful completion across the immediate team including writing appropriate tests using automated test-driven techniques for ensuring code quality and coverage.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
• Extensive experience in React, Typescript and Node.js.
• Extensive experience in relational and non-relational db.
• Experience building systems following Event Driven architecture.
• Experience in Automated testing.
• Experience with complex, multi-tenant cloud platforms in AWS.
DESIRED:
• Experience in You have a strong track record in software engineering with ideally in agile, CI/CD and DevOps environments.
• In-depth hands-on experience with streaming platforms such as Kinesis, to build scalable, decoupled systems.
• Experience of working on multiple projects or codebases concurrently
• Experience of mentoring and supporting less experienced members of the team
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.
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