Remote Cloud-Native Software Engineer - AWS & TypeScript

BBC Group and Public Services; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking Software Engineers to join Project Playback, delivering a cloud-native playout platform on AWS. You will design, build, test and support the BBC's next‑generation playback system, evolving from on‑prem to cloud-based infrastructure.

You’ll work in a cross-functional team, applying cloud, automation and media technology expertise to create a resilient, scalable service that operates across multiple BBC locations and UK remote options.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and supporting cloud-native applications and services on AWS.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including AWS CodeBuild and related tooling.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript.
• Experience using AWS CDK to define and deploy infrastructure as code.
• Experience troubleshooting, monitoring, and supporting production systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high quality software applications and services
• Deploy, automate and support third-party software solutions within AWS environments
• Build out CI/CD Infrastructure, monitoring and alarming
• Contribute to system design discussions and technical decisions including system resilience, performance, scalability, security and reliability
• Work closely with project managers, systems engineers, architects, testers and operational users to deliver features end-to-end
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following best practices and participate in code reviews
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects and production issues

Skills

AWS cloud-native development

CI/CD pipelines

TypeScript

AWS CDK

Production troubleshooting

Tools

AWS CodeBuild

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

Job description

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking Software Engineers to join Project Playback, delivering a cloud-native playout platform on AWS. You will design, build, test and support the BBC's next‑generation playback system, evolving from on‑prem to cloud-based infrastructure.

You’ll work in a cross-functional team, applying cloud, automation and media technology expertise to create a resilient, scalable service that operates across multiple BBC locations and UK remote options.