Senior iOS Software Engineer

BBC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the iPlayer Mobile team to enhance the streaming experience for millions. This role involves collaborating in agile teams, utilizing expertise in Swift and iOS development to implement high-quality software solutions while advocating for best practices. With flexible working options and excellent development opportunities, you will play a key role in shaping BBC iPlayer's future.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave with option to buy 5 more

Defined pension scheme

Discounted dental and health care

Gym discounts

Qualifications

• Strong iOS development experience with a solid understanding of architecture.
• Proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, knowledge of Objective-C.
• Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues to translate product requirements into technical deliverables.
• Contribute to technical implementation of product features.
• Drive continuous team improvement through feedback loops.

Skills

iOS development

object-oriented programming

clean architecture

test-driven development

Swift

SwiftUI

Objective-C

Git

Job description

hackajob is collaborating with BBC to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

Senior Software Engineer (iOS) - iPlayer

Salary: £65,000 - £73,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Salford - Dock House, hybrid (1 day per week)

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

Job Introduction

We are looking for Senior iOS Software Engineers to join the iPlayer Mobile team.

BBC iPlayer is one of the UK's most well-known and loved brands, and we're looking for passionate team members to join our collaborative, cross-discipline, agile teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer for the iPlayer Mobile team, you will have the opportunity to have a leading role in an engineering team that delivers an intuitive and engaging streaming experience to millions of audience members every day.

To be successful in this role you will need a good understanding of object-oriented programming, clean architecture, and test-driven development. We usually work in Swift/Objective-C (iOS) so experience with these languages and the mobile ecosystem is essential.

We are a small, self-organising and highly collaborative team of engineers, testers, UX designers, technical architects and product owners. We value our engineers, offering regular training and development opportunities, as well as '10% time' - allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning and innovation.

We take the time to reflect and improve on how we're working via team retrospectives and mentoring. We're a hard-working team who are supportive, care about each other, and promote a healthy work-life balance with opportunities for flexible working hours and a friendly working environment.

You will have a real opportunity to influence the future of BBC iPlayer, and make it the indispensable video destination for all of the UK public.

Main Responsibilities:

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues to breakdown product requirements into technical deliverables.

Contribute to the technical implementation of product features as part of a team or pair programming.

Advocate for and follow engineering best practises within the team.

Ensure engineering output is high quality, fit for purpose, and thoroughly tested.

Drive continuous team improvement through fast feedback loops.

Share knowledge within the team and across iPlayer.

Support recruitment and training of new team members.

Are You The Right Candidate?

Strong iOS development experience with a solid understanding of architecture and design principles.

Proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, with working knowledge of Objective-C and UIKit.

Deep understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and decoupled design.

Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) to produce high-quality, reliable software.

Proficiency in version control systems like Git and working in collaborative coding environments.

Proven ability to write maintainable code in team-based projects.

Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving software requirements.

Desirables:

Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment in mobile apps

Web services integration (REST, JSON) in a mobile environment

Knowledge of Amazon Web Services

Experience of building accessible applications

Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior team members

Interview Process:

Shortlisted candidates for this Senior iOS Software Engineer will be required to attend a two-stage interview process.

The two stages will consist of:

A values based Interview - This will consist of values-based questions (approximately 60 Mins).

A coding task - This will consist of a coding assessment, candidates will be given information on the coding task prior to the interview so you can prepare (approximately 60 Mins).

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

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