Senior Mobile Software Engineer - AWS & CI/CD

BBC; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Mobile Enablement team, building and maintaining systems and services to support BBC mobile apps on iOS and Android. Location options include Glasgow, Salford or London, with hybrid work one day a week.

You will accelerate delivery by mentoring colleagues, aligning on technology and processes, participating in agile code reviews, and collaborating with internal teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot, and provide reliable support.

Qualifications

• Experience and expertise building in AWS including CodeBuild, CodePipeline, EC2, Lambda, Docker, CloudWatch
• Experience and knowledge of supporting production systems such as reliability, monitoring, live incidents and post-incident reviews
• Quality coding practices: testing, security concerns, meaningful PR feedback, and documentation for different audiences
• Exceptional communication skills with stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues and improving team processes

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining systems and infrastructure to support mobile app development within the BBC
• Working through the product lifecycle from requirements through to release and ongoing support, with emphasis on collaborating with internal stakeholders in the mobile app space
• Participate in agile practices, code reviews and other measures to promote openness, quality and continuous improvement
• Liaising with colleagues in teams across the organisation to gather requirements, provide support, troubleshoot
• Supporting the systems provided by our team and responding to incoming requests from colleagues

Skills

AWS Cloud

Production systems

Code quality

Stakeholder management

Mentoring / Team building

Tools

GitHub Actions

MacOS CI

Firebase / GCP

Docker

Job description

BBC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Mobile Enablement team, building and maintaining systems and services to support BBC mobile apps on iOS and Android. Location options include Glasgow, Salford or London, with hybrid work one day a week.

You will accelerate delivery by mentoring colleagues, aligning on technology and processes, participating in agile code reviews, and collaborating with internal teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot, and provide reliable support.