London, GBR, W1A 1AA | Salford, GBR, M50 2QH

JOB DETAILS

Band: (Band E)
Salary: Upto £110,000 base salary depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working – Salford or London office – 1 to 2 days a week

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We want the BBC to be as renowned for the quality of its engineering as it is for the quality of its content. Our Account & Identity platform underpins the BBC’s digital future, with Identity & Access Management (IAM) at its core.

We are now hiring a Senior Principal Engineer to act as a cross‑group technical leader. This is a senior individual contributor role, accountable for engineering practices, standards, and cost efficiency across all three groups.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Own and shape the future of Identity and Access Management (IAM) at the BBC — guiding architectural direction, evaluating vendor solutions, and ensuring successful integration of third‑party platforms.
• Provide cross‑group technical leadership across Account Capabilities, Account Platform, and User Engagement, ensuring cohesion, clarity, and alignment to shared principles.
• Define and embed engineering standards that raise the bar for quality, security, and operational resilience across multiple teams.
• Ensure scalability and sustainability of our account and identity systems to support long‑term growth and global reach.
• Support and mentor Principal Engineers and Team Leads, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Work in partnership with cross‑discipline peers to align technical strategy with business goals and accelerate time‑to‑market.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Proven expertise in IAM systems, authentication flows, and standards (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, MFA).
• Senior IC level (Senior Principal / Staff Engineer) with cross team influence.
• Strong grasp of modern engineering practices (DevOps, cloud native, infrastructure as code) with focus on cost, performance, and reliability.
• Proven ability to step into complex initiatives, bring clarity, and deliver results.
• Experience evaluating and integrating vendor solutions at scale.
• Broader platform architecture knowledge beyond IAM.
• Skilled in mentoring Principal Engineers and Team Leads.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and embedding sustainable practices.

The BBC is an inclusive workplace where fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are part of our everyday goals and behaviours. We select candidates on merit and value diversity in all its forms.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk