Senior Software Engineer

BBC; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their AWS-based platform. You will design automated self-service infrastructure and implement CI/CD pipelines driving best practices in platform reliability. Candidates should have a strong background in cloud solutions and IaC technologies. This role offers a flexible working environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working

Professional growth opportunities

Innovative working environment

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience leading and implementing scalable cloud solutions.
• Proven experience with IaC methods and modern CI/CD practices.
• Ability to design tools that enhance developer productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the WebCore platform for product teams.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Architect and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement monitoring systems for platform health.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance delivery.

Skills

AWS

AWS CDK

CI / CD

Observability & Monitoring

Developer Experience

Spring

.NET

C / C++

Go

React

OOP

C#

Data Structures

Software Development

Java

Distributed Systems

Job description

Job Details

JOB BAND : D

CONTRACT TYPE : Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT : BBC Web Enable

LOCATION : Salford Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE : 60000 - 70000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to please indicate your preference in the application though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage

Purpose of the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll help towards and own the evolution of our AWS‑based platform driving best practices in Infrastructure as Code CI / CD and platform reliability. You’ll design and implement automated self‑service infrastructure using AWS CDK GitHub Actions and observability tools enabling rapid secure and reliable delivery for all BBC digital products.

Why Join the Team

BBC Web Enable manages WebCore the backbone of BBC’s digital products including HomePages News and Sport. Our mission is to deliver robust high‑performance platforms that enable product teams to build and deploy at scale. We invest in automation observability and platform reliability ensuring seamless content delivery and an outstanding developer experience.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact

Design build and operate the WebCore platform enabling product teams through self‑service infrastructure automation and reliability.

Infrastructure as Code Champion AWS CDK and IaC best practices ensuring all platform resources are managed versioned and auditable.

CI / CD Enablement Architect and maintain robust CI / CD pipelines driving automation security and rapid delivery across the platform.

Observability & Reliability Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting ensuring platform health performance and rapid incident resolution.

Developer Enablement Collaborate with product teams providing guidance tooling and support to accelerate delivery and adoption of platform capabilities.

Your Skills and Experience

AWS (Lambda EC2 S3 IAM CloudWatch) Architect and manage cloud‑native platform components ensuring scalability security and resilience.

AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) Lead Infrastructure as Code adoption automating resource provisioning and management for consistency and repeatability.

CI / CD (GitHub Actions AWS CodeBuild CodePipeline) Build and optimise automated pipelines enabling frictionless deployment and rapid iteration.

Observability & Monitoring (CloudWatch Grafana InfluxDB) Implement platform‑wide monitoring alerting and logging for reliability and incident response.

Developer Experience Continuously improve platform tooling documentation and automation to empower product teams and reduce cognitive load.

Essential Criteria

• 1. Architect Scalable Cloud Solutions : Lead the design and implementation of robust cloud‑native platforms (AWS) ensuring reliability security and performance at massive scale.
• 2. Champion Infrastructure as Code : Drive adoption of modern IaC practices (AWS CDK Terraform) automating resource provisioning for consistency repeatability and rapid delivery.
• 3. Enable Developer Productivity : Build intuitive self‑service tooling and CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions CodeBuild) empowering product teams to innovate and ship faster.
• 4. Advance Observability & Reliability : Implement comprehensive monitoring alerting and incident response (CloudWatch Grafana) safeguarding platform health and user experience.
• Leadership : Lead adoption of modern technologies (NodeJS AWS IaC) influence platform strategy and mentor talented engineers across the organisation.

Desired but not required

• 1. Impact at Scale : Opportunity to architect and evolve platforms that power millions of users and billions of page views making a real difference in how digital content is delivered.
• 2. Innovation & Autonomy : Freedom to design and implement automated self‑service infrastructure driving best practices and continuous improvement in developer experience.
• 3. Collaboration & Enablement : Work closely with product teams providing guidance and building tools that empower others to deliver faster and more reliably.
• 4. Continuous Learning : Access to cutting‑edge cloud CI / CD and observability tools with support for professional growth and staying ahead in platform engineering trends.

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.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Required Experience : Senior IC

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 60000 - 70000