Mobile Software Engineer

Job Title: Mobile Software Engineers - London, Salford & Glasgow (iOS & Android)

Package Description
Job Reference: 19658
Band: C / D
Salary: Mid-level Software Engineers - £50,000 - £59,000 per annum / Senior Software Engineers - £60,000 - £75,000 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office Base is London, Salford & Glasgow (This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)

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.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits -We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.  

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.  For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.
 

Job Introduction
 

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.  Every tick of the clock, our content reaches millions of people globally, which is made possible by our top-notch Software Engineering team.  They've been instrumental in pioneering innovative products and unique features that have firmly positioned us at the forefront of our industry.  We don't merely adapt to an ever-changing world - we set the pace.

 
We are growing our engineering hub of excellence and looking for mid-level and senior software engineers with mobile experience (iOS and Android) to join our teams in Salford, London and Glasgow.

 
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.

 
Our engineers receive 10% development time built into the 35-hour working week.  We want to give you the time and space to stay fresh in the ever-changing technology landscape.

 
Come work on fantastically high-scale systems with us!
 

Main Responsibilities
 

Software engineers at the BBC are more than just programmers – we’re people who are builders, designers, and problem solvers at heart, people with a passion to make things better for our audiences.  You will help innovate and design new features and products, work with the team to build them, and support and grow them after they’re live.

As a developer in our team, you will ensure high quality code is delivered in line with project goals and delivery cycles.  You will thrive using agile methods and enjoy working collaboratively and as part of a multidisciplinary team focused on several projects.

Working in our mobile applications team, you will contribute to the design, development and maintenance of high-performance features using the latest mobile technologies.  You will use your software engineering skills and experience to build features, solve bugs, address technical debt.  You will also bring a strategic lens to team operating processes and tooling to improve how we work and ultimately deliver valuable, high-quality software to our users.

 
Pairing on all aspects of the development process, you will deliver secure, reliable, and scalable software within your team.

 
There’s a lot of scope for widening your skills in this role because it allows you to move into different areas, cover lots of ground and really broaden your understanding of how the business works.  When you want to take the next step up, we'll support your progression. 

 
Some practices we like: 
 
•    Pair-programming.  We like knowledge sharing and learning from one another
•    Shipping great products, not just writing superb code
•    Hybrid work environment.  We balance working from home with in-person collaboration.
•    Global view.  We work with peers in different geo-locations
•    Mentoring and coaching.  We care about each other
•    Tapping into our creativity and learning.  You get 10% development time every week to invest in your own learning and development
•    Continuous deployment
•    Working in an Agile environment with strong attention to a well-documented code, unit testing and continuous integration
•    Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency and performance
 

Are you the right candidate?
 

We’re looking for mobile software engineers who are passionate about code, curious and eager to learn in a team of engineering excellence.

Some of the things we love:
 
•    Extensive experience of native Android app development using Kotlin and Java 
•    Or Extensive experience of native iOS app development using Swift/Objective-C
•    Comfortable with Compose functional programming 
•    Or Comfortable with Swift-UI functional programming
•    Experience with large and complex applications
•    Experience with source control
•    Experience with the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance
•    App signing and deployment knowledge
•    Knowledge of writing automated tests and taking a TDD approach to your work
•    Experience with experimentation and A/B testing
•    Experience building accessible applications
•    Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript desirable
•    Knowledge and practice of testing, writing unit tests, TDD, UI Tests and broader testing concerns
•    Exposure to trunk-based development & release trains with feature flags
•    An aspiration for engineering excellence, using knowledge sharing to learn from each other
 

Interview Process
 

We run virtual assessment centres on Thursday mornings for shortlisted candidates.  There are two elements:

 
1) Live pair programming exercise with two of our software engineers which you get in advance of your assessment centre date
2) Blended interview questions with two of our software engineers
 

We give you the pair programming test in advance to allow you to practice and prepare for the live exercise.  We also give you insight into in the interview questions to help with your preparation.
 

About the BBC
 

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.