Enable job alerts via email!

Software Engineer

BBC

London Borough of Harrow

Hybrid

GBP 50,000 - 60,000

Full time

3 days ago

Be an early applicant

Boost your interview chances

Create a job specific, tailored resume for higher success rate.

Job summary

The BBC invites applications for the role of Software Engineer in London. As part of the Data Platform Team, the successful candidate will design and maintain core data infrastructure, utilizing AWS and Node.js while ensuring system reliability and performance. This hybrid role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a leading media organization.

Qualifications

Strong experience building and maintaining infrastructure on AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda).
Experience developing backend services using Node.js.
Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain the core data infrastructure.
Deliver secure, scalable data platform components.
Collaborate with stakeholders to refine the platform’s capabilities.

Skills

AWS

Node.js

Terraform

SQL

CI/CD

Join to apply for the Software Engineer role at BBC

Package Description

Job Reference: 23500

Band: C

Salary: up to £55,000 London Weighting (£5,319) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Office Base is London, Television Centre. This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

About Bbc Studios

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

About The Data Platform Team

Our Data Platform Squad plays a pivotal role in empowering the wider business with the data and infrastructure tools needed to drive innovation, insights, and storytelling through data. We build and maintain the foundational technology stack that will underpin our data products, ensuring that teams across BBC Studios can easily and securely access the information they need.

THE ROLE

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining the core data infrastructure at BBC Studios. Working closely with other members of the Data Platform Squad, you will create automated and scalable solutions that enable data engineers, analysts, and product teams to seamlessly access and process large volumes of data. This is a hands-on engineering role that involves utilizing a variety of modern technologies and best practices—such as AWS cloud services, Terraform for infrastructure as code, Node.js microservices, and the Snowflake data platform—to deliver reliable, and high-performance data tools and services

Part Of The Responsabilities Will Be Also

Delivering secure, scalable data platform components that improve productivity and reduce friction for data teams.
Proactively monitoring, optimizing, and improving system reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Continuously collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and refine the platform’s capabilities.
Ensuring that platform solutions are well-documented, tested, and aligned with best practices in both software engineering and data governance.
Demonstrating a willingness to learn and adapt within a newly created and continuously evolving platform environment.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

Essential Criteria

Strong experience building and maintaining infrastructure on AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, Route 53).
Strong experience developing backend services using Node.js (TypeScript experience is a plus).
Demonstrable proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools.
Proven knowledge of SQL and familiarity with relational database concepts
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps best practices.

Desirable Criteria

Exposure to other programming languages (e.g. or Python) for data tooling and automation.
Interest or experience in front-end development, particularly in building UIs for internal platforms (e.g., dashboards,) using modern JavaScript frameworks such as React.
Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance standards.
Experience with Snowflake or a similar cloud data warehouse platform.

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

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at BBC by 2x

London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

London, England, United Kingdom £50,000.00-£60,000.00 1 month ago