Senior Backend Engineer

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PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £54,000 - £70,000 plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.WE ARE BBC STUDIOSA globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the worldPURPOSE OF THE ROLEAs a Senior Backend Engineer, you 'll be a key contributor to an empowered product engineering team, combining world-class software craftsmanship with pragmatic problem-solving. You'll design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems using modern TypeScript, helping shape technical decisions while delivering meaningful outcomes at pace.WHY JOIN THE TEAMThis role sits within the bbc.com worldwide team, focused on delivering solutions and content for our global (non-UK) audience. The platform is supported by three teams: front-end, CMS/tooling, and back-end systems. We're currently undergoing a transformation to strengthen our agile and engineering practices, with a constant drive to improve. The team is known for being friendly, open, and supportive. bbc.com is part of the wider Studios Product Group, which manages major BBC brands and content distribution.YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:Backend Engineering Excellence Build and maintain robust APIs, services, and backend components using TypeScript (Node.js) and modern cloud infrastructure. Writing high-quality code that meets reliability, security,and performance standards. Lead by example on code quality, refactoring, and technical best practices. System Design & Technical Collaboration Contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, observable, and aligned to business needs. Work with Solution Architects and Tech Leads to evolve our distributed systems, data models, and service boundaries. Balance technical debt reduction with delivery priorities. Product & Delivery Focus Partner with Product Managers to break down work into deliverable, high- impact increments. Participate in planning, estimation, and technical discovery sessions. Ensure backend systems are observable, maintainable, and instrumented fordata-driven iteration. Mentoring & Team Development Support the growth of engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing. Promote engineering standards, continuous improvement, and a healthy, inclusive team culture. Cross-Functional Collaboration Collaborate with Frontend, Infrastructure, Data, and Security teams to ship reliable, secure, and scalable solutions.Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Backend engineering experience building production-grade systems. Good knowledge of TypeScript for backend development (Node.js ecosystem). Experience operating within cloud-based platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and event-driven architectures. Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and operational best practices. DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED: Experience working with other languages, especially Go, would be beneficial.

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.NEXT STEPSWe appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.DisclaimerThis job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.RedeploymentThe BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.Information at a GlanceThis is your BBCAt the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.Life at BBC Studios A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days. Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions). Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit. BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets . Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture. Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.You belongWe have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.Disability confidentWe are a disability confident employer. 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Location:
London
Salary:
£125,000 - £150,000
Category:
IT & Technology

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