Overview

Senior iOS Software Engineer to join the BBC iPlayer Mobile team. Band: D. Salary: £65,000 – £73,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Contract type: Permanent. Location: Salford – Dock House, hybrid (1 day per week in the office). Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Purpose Of The Role

We are looking for Senior iOS Software Engineers to join the iPlayer Mobile team. BBC iPlayer is one of the UK’s most well-known and loved brands, and we’re looking for passionate team members to join our collaborative, cross-discipline, agile teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer for the iPlayer Mobile team, you will have a leading role in an engineering team that delivers an intuitive and engaging streaming experience to millions of audience members every day.

To be successful in this role you will need a good understanding of object-oriented programming, clean architecture, and test-driven development. We usually work in Swift/Objective-C (iOS) so experience with these languages and the mobile ecosystem is essential.

We are a small, self-organising and highly collaborative team of engineers, testers, UX designers, technical architects and product owners. We value our engineers, offering regular training and development opportunities, as well as ‘10% time’ - allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning and innovation.

We take the time to reflect and improve on how we’re working via team retrospectives and mentoring. We’re a hard-working team who are supportive, care about each other, and promote a healthy work-life balance with opportunities for flexible working hours and a friendly working environment.

You will have a real opportunity to influence the future of BBC iPlayer, and make it the indispensable video destination for all of the UK public.

Interview Process

Shortlisted candidates for this Senior iOS Software Engineer role will be required to attend a two-stage interview process.

The two stages will consist of:

• A values-based interview – approximately 60 minutes.
• A coding task – approximately 60 minutes. Information on the coding task will be provided before the interview so you can prepare.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues to break down product requirements into technical deliverables.
• Contribute to the technical implementation of product features as part of a team or through pair programming.
• Advocate for and follow engineering best practices within the team.
• Ensure engineering output is high quality, fit for purpose, and thoroughly tested.
• Drive continuous team improvement through fast feedback loops.
• Share knowledge within the team and across iPlayer.
• Support recruitment and training of new team members.

Your Skills And Experience

• Strong iOS development experience with a solid understanding of architecture and design principles.
• Proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, with working knowledge of Objective-C and UIKit.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and decoupled design.
• Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) to produce high-quality, reliable software.
• Proficiency in version control systems like Git and working in collaborative coding environments.
• Proven ability to write maintainable code in team-based projects.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving software requirements.

Desirables

• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment in mobile apps
• Web services integration (REST, JSON) in a mobile environment
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Experience of building accessible applications
• Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior team members

Offer, Checks and Redeployment

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.

BBC will conduct employment screening checks which include reference checks, eligibility to work checks, and safeguarding/adverse media checks where applicable. Any offer is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

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.