Senior Backend Engineer

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its dynamic team in London. This role focuses on building and maintaining scalable backend systems using TypeScript, ensuring high-quality code and robust API services. Candidates should have strong experience in backend engineering, especially with TypeScript and cloud platforms like AWS. Join a supportive team committed to engineering excellence and continuous improvement. Competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements offered.

Qualifications

• Experience building production-grade backend systems.
• Good knowledge of TypeScript in the Node.js ecosystem.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver effective solutions.
• Support the growth of other engineers through mentoring.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

CI/CD

APIs

Job description

Job Description

This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the + business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios - Product
LOCATION: London - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £54,000 - £70,000 plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you 'll be a key contributor to an empowered product engineering team, combining world-class software craftsmanship with pragmatic problem-solving. You'll design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems using modern TypeScript, helping shape technical decisions while delivering meaningful outcomes at pace.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This role sits within the bbc.com worldwide team, focused on delivering solutions and content for our global (non-UK) audience. The platform is supported by three teams: front-end, CMS/tooling, and back-end systems. We're currently undergoing a transformation to strengthen our agile and engineering practices, with a constant drive to improve. The team is known for being friendly, open, and supportive. bbc.com is part of the wider Studios Product Group, which manages major BBC brands and content distribution.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Backend Engineering Excellence

• Build and maintain robust APIs, services, and backend components using TypeScript (Node.js) and modern cloud infrastructure.
• Writing high-quality code that meets reliability, security,and performance standards.
• Lead by example on code quality, refactoring, and technical best practices.

System Design & Technical Collaboration

• Contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, observable, and aligned to business needs.
• Work with Solution Architects and Tech Leads to evolve our distributed systems, data models, and service boundaries.
• Balance technical debt reduction with delivery priorities.

Product & Delivery Focus

• Partner with Product Managers to break down work into deliverable, high- impact increments.
• Participate in planning, estimation, and technical discovery sessions.
• Ensure backend systems are observable, maintainable, and instrumented fordata-driven iteration.

Mentoring & Team Development

• Support the growth of engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
• Promote engineering standards, continuous improvement, and a healthy, inclusive team culture.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Frontend, Infrastructure, Data, and Security teams to ship reliable, secure, and scalable solutions.Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Backend engineering experience building production-grade systems.
• Good knowledge of TypeScript for backend development (Node.js ecosystem).
• Experience operating within cloud-based platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and operational best practices.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience working with other , especially Go, would be beneficial.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

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