Overview

hackajob Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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

Job Details

• Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
• Job Band: D
• Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
• Department: Mobile Enablement
• Location: Glasgow Pacific Quay - Hybrid 1 day a week
• Proposed Salary Range: £60,000 - £65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Purpose of the Role

You’ll be working on the Mobile Enablement team, helping to provide tools, infrastructure and assistance to support teams building the BBC’s mobile apps for iOS and Android.

As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll play a key role building, maintaining and acquiring systems and services to help other BBC mobile teams build faster and align on technology and processes. You will accelerate the team by mentoring colleagues, as well as engaging with teams across the organisation.

Your Responsibilities and Impact

• Developing and maintaining systems and infrastructure to support mobile app development within the BBC
• Working through the product lifecycle from requirements through to release and ongoing support, with an emphasis on working closely with internal stakeholders in the mobile app space
• Participate in agile practices, code reviews and other measures to contribute to a culture of openness, quality and continuous improvement
• Liaising with colleagues in teams across the organisation to gather requirements, provide support, troubleshoot
• Supporting the systems provided by our team and responding to incoming requests from colleagues

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Working with AWS, including CodeBuild, CodePipeline, EC2, Lambda, Docker
• Supporting production systems
• Quality coding practices such as testing, security concerns, meaningful PR feedback, and appropriate documentation
• Working in an Agile environment
• Experience mentoring more junior colleagues and contributing to building high-performing teams

Desired

• Knowledge about native mobile app development
• Using MacOS as a build environment
• Google Cloud Platform administration including Firebase
• Python
• CI/CD using GitHub Actions