Mid Software Engineer

Bauer Media Outdoor UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday + bank holidays + 2vol

Bauer Academy

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave pay

Volunteer days

Job summary

Bauer Media Audio is building a new in‑house software development hub in Manchester to power our audio platform. As a Software Engineer, you’ll contribute to the next generation platform, collaborating with senior engineers to deliver scalable features and services across the stack.

You’ll work with product and technology peers, apply DevOps practices, write tests, and support onboarding. The role is hybrid with in‑office presence twice a week in Manchester, UK.

Qualifications

• Solid engineering experience with ability to work independently on features across client and server layers.
• Flexibility to move across front-end and back-end technologies as the product evolves.
• Experience with Node/TypeScript, React, Java, AWS; knowledge of microservices and cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain features and services across the platform.
• Contribute to prototyping and early-stage feature work.
• Participate in code reviews and support junior engineers as the team grows.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams.
• Apply DevOps practices and contribute to CI/CD, automation, and observability.
• Write and maintain tests (unit, integration) and apply security best practices.
• Participate in incident management.
• Support recruitment and onboarding.

Skills

Node/TypeScript

React

Java

AWS

Microservices

APIs

CI/CD

Containerisation

Security best practices

Problem solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

You’ll be joining Bauer Media Audio (BMA), Europe’s biggest commercial audio broadcaster, connecting audiences across nine markets to the music, stories and experiences they love. Bauer Media Audio is making a significant investment in a new in‑house software development hub in Manchester. This new hub reinforces Manchester’s position as a key technology centre for Bauer Media Audio, alongside its existing locations. We’re creating a new development team to build innovative business critical solutions that will power Bauer Media’s audio platform of the future. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions, working closely with product and technology peers to ensure our platforms meet the evolving needs of the business and our international markets.

The Difference You Will Make

As a Software Engineer, you’ll contribute to building the next generation Audio Platform at Bauer Media Audio. Working alongside senior engineers, you’ll build and maintain features and services, grow your skills, and take on increasing ownership as the team scales.

Your Role

You'll contribute to feature delivery, participate in code review, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver quality software. Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain features and services across the platform.
• Contribute to prototyping and early-stage feature work
• Participate in code review, contributing and receiving feedback constructively, and support junior engineers as the team grows.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams.
• Apply DevOps practices and contribute to CI/CD, automation, and observability.
• Write and maintain tests (unit, integration) and apply security best practices in day-to-day development.
• Participate in incident management.
• Support recruitment and onboarding.

The Skills You Will Bring

Required:

• Solid engineering experience, with ability to work independently on features across client and server layers.
• Flexibility to move across front-end and back-end technologies, adapting quickly to different parts of the stack as the team and product evolve.
• Experience with Node/TypeScript, React, Java, AWS; strong candidates with comparable experience welcome.
• Knowledge of microservices, APIs, and cloud deployment.
• Experience with CI/CD and containerisation.
• Security best practices knowledge.
• Good problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Media or streaming industry experience.
• Interest in AI engineering tools.

Working Pattern and Location

This is a permanent, hybrid, full-time role with an in-office presence twice a week in our Manchester hub. This role also includes rota participation.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays&2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [e-mail]

We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.