Job Description
We are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to help us expand our Node.js backend team for app teams in London. You will have a leading role in an engineering team responsible for Mobile News that delivers an intuitive and engaging experience to millions of audience members every day.
We want the BBC to be as renowned for the quality of its engineering as it is for the quality of its content. We aspire to be the best so that we can engineer outstanding digital products, at scale. Working here in an engineering role means being part of a world-class team and a chance to do the most meaningful work of your career
The BBC's digital products play a key role in our mission to inform, educate and entertain the audience. We are looking for Software Engineering Team Leads to join the team. These are great opportunities to play a key role in the future of products used by millions.
The BBC offers an inclusive workplace where the principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of our everyday goals and behaviour. We select candidates for our positions on the basis of merit and as an equal opportunity employer we value diversity and all of the benefits it brings.
Role Responsibility
People:
Key role in leading a multidisciplinary team
Line management responsibilities for 4/5 engineers
Assisting with recruiting and onboarding new team members
Mentoring and developing team members and peers to help them to reach their potential
Inspiring and motivating the team to help them deliver a world class streaming experience
Help to foster a collaborative and inclusive culture across Audience Content Experience, which includes News & Sport, Children, Education & Longtail, Content Discovery and Channels & Product Excellence.
Technical Leadership:
Building, maintaining and evolving a Mobile News App and associated BE
Playing a key role in the technical direction of BBC Mobile News and Weather
Advocate new technologies and approaches to ensure our products are industry leading
Providing domain expertise across the BE team
Ensuring a high standard of engineering excellence within our product
Delivery:
Work with cross discipline partners to plan and commit to quarterly deliverables
Work with stakeholders across the News & Sport organisation to align with goals and mission
Delivering features using agile development practices
Seeking out new tools and methodologies to evolve our development processes
Are you the right candidate?
Ideal Candidate:
Have the ability to lead, coach mentor and line manage a team of 4+ engineers
Have experience working with cross discipline peers including Product Managers, Delivery Mangers and Design Leads
Be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in an organisation
Strong Node.js experience, with deep understanding of BE architecture and design idioms
Proficient in JavaScript
Strong understanding of OOP, analysis and decoupled design
Demonstrable understanding of Test-Driven Development
Experience of source control systems such as Git
A track record of producing maintainable code within collaborative environments
Ability to rapidly acquire new software skills and to work with new technologies
Desirable:
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience with Android and iOS development
Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment in mobile apps
Web services integration (REST, JSON) in a mobile environment
Experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban project management methodologies
Knowledge of Amazon Web Services
Experience with operating a BE system at scale
Package Description
Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
About the BBC
The BBC is the third most visited website in the UK, servicing 10s of millions of people each week. We reach around 95% of the UK population with our services each and every week. These services include BBC News, Sport, Childrens, Weather and our world class stream services, iPlayer and Sounds. Our services play a crucial role in the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain.
BBC Product Group, where our services sit in the organisation, is responsible for our websites, platform systems and content production that enable us to deliver a world class service to the British public and beyond. We work in a functional model where all of engineering, product and delivery work together to deliver and support our services. Our values of trust, empowerment, helpfulness, learning and diversity are at the core of the BBC and are reflected in the decisions we make.
Each team within each of our areas can vary in size and scope but always comprise of highly functioning, multi-disciplinary teams working in an Agile way. Each team is made up of engineers, testers, UX designers where needed, delivery enablers and product owners. Across our engineering teams we pride ourselves on having a kind, helpful, learning based culture, where everyone can be their best. We offer regular training and development opportunities including 10% time to allow for self improvement, learning and innovation. We have a focus on good quality management to help enable, guide and empower others. We promote a healthy work-life balance with opportunities for flexible working hours.
As an engineering discipline we have a focus on the following areas:
Being the place to work - we want people in the tech industry to choose the BBC as the best place to grow, learn, create and deliver rewarding projects
Building the best - we aim to create the very best digital products at scale
Strong leadership - we strive to have our engineering leaders work together on our goals and build strong, open and diverse teams
Operational excellence - we want to ensure our services are second to none in quality and reliability
Clear technical strategy - we want to make sure that we have a clear direction and a pragmatic tech strategy that we can execute together