Junior Technical Architect

BritBox; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BritBox International, part of BBC Studios, is looking for a curious Junior Technical Architect to help shape the technology behind our streaming platform in London. Working with the Principal Architect and engineering teams, you will explore problems, build prototypes and contribute to designs across services.

This role suits a recent graduate or early-career engineer who learns quickly, enjoys building, and wants to understand software at scale.

Qualifications

• Practical understanding of software development, APIs, databases and how services communicate in a distributed system.
• Hands-on cloud experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Turn product and business requirements into practical technical designs.
• Build prototypes, investigate technical options and document findings.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve reliability, performance and security of cloud services.

Skills

Software development fundamentals

APIs & distributed systems

Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Programming basics

AI tooling experience

Tools

AWS

Azure/GCP

Job description

Job Title: Junior Technical Architect
Location: London

Company: BritBox International

Reporting to: Principal Architect

Contract Type: Full Time/Permenant

About Us

BBC Studios’ Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) business brings premium content directly to North American audiences through two distinctive streaming brands: BritBox and BBC Select.
BritBox, the ultimate streaming destination for British TV. We offer an unparalleled collection of thoughtfully curated entertainment—cleverly crafted and full of the charm, wit, and heart that define British storytelling.
Born from the BBC, our mission is to bring authentic British stories to our audiences. Launched in 2017, we are a small but mighty streamer that punches above our weight—available on every major platform and even featured among the bright lights of Times Square—and we’re just getting started.
BBC Select is a documentary streaming service that has been successfully operating since February 2021. It has established itself as the third-largest documentary streaming service in the US. With plans to expand through original commissions, territorial premieres, and new distribution platforms, BBC Select continues to serve a highly engaged audience that values educational, high-quality content. The integration of BBC Select into the DTC organization presents a strong opportunity to leverage shared capabilities, insights, and expertise to accelerate growth and enhance overall customer experience.
If you’re passionate about entertainment, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to play a meaningful role in our growth journey, this is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic Direct-to-Consumer business within BBC Studios, bringing the very best of British TV to fans everywhere.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a curious, proactive Junior Solution Architect to help shape the technology behind our media streaming platform.

Working alongside the Principal Architect, the architects team and engineering teams, you will explore technical problems, build prototypes and contribute to designs across our services. You will receive guidance and mentoring, with room to take ownership as your skills develop.

This role suits a recent graduate or someone early in their engineering career who learns quickly, enjoys building things and wants to understand how software works at scale. Experience in streaming or OTT is a strong plus, but is not required.

Responsibilities

Architecture and engineering

• Help turn product and business requirements into practical technical designs.
• Build prototypes, investigate technical options and document your findings.
• Work with engineers to understand and improve the reliability, performance and security of our cloud services.

AI and agentic development

• Participate in architecture discussions and learn from experienced engineers and architects.
• Take initiative, ask thoughtful questions and follow through on the work you own.

Knowledge and Experience

Technical foundations

• A practical understanding of software development, APIs, databases and how services communicate in a distributed system.
• Hands‑on cloud experience with AWS preferred, or Azure or GCP. University, personal and internship projects all count.
• The ability to write, read and debug code in at least one programming language.

Demonstrable AI experience

• Advanced, practical use of AI coding tools beyond individual prompts, such as configuring agents, providing project context and building workflows that include testing and review.
• A project you can walk us through, explaining what you built, how AI contributed, what went wrong and how you verified the result.

Nice to have

• Experience or personal interest in OTT, media streaming or video platforms.
• Exposure to cloud deployment, containers or infrastructure as code.
• Experience building AI integrations using retrieval, tool calling or Model Context Protocol.
• You do not need previous architecture experience or a production portfolio. We welcome examples from university, personal projects, internships and open-source contributions. We are interested in how you think, what you have built and how you learn.

Personal Attributes

• Curiosity, initiative and the ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly.
• Clear communication, openness to feedback and a collaborative approach.

Our Values

Our BritBox Global Values not only represent our culture but also ensure that we have principles that shape everything we do. Defined by our employees, they are not just words on a page, but the foundation of how we work together, every day.

Our values have been cascaded into specific behaviours, which are embedded into all of our people processes, including hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation and feedback.

We are proud of our values and seek to hire people who resonate with them

This job spec is not exhaustive and may change …