Software Engineering Apprenticeship - Level 6

BBC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring program

Job summary

BBC invites you to join as a Software Engineering Apprentice, gaining hands-on experience across frontend and middleware, while pursuing an industry‑recognised apprenticeship qualification. You’ll learn within Platform Experiences and Media Services teams, contributing to BBC News, Sport, and iPlayer ecosystems.

You’ll work with React.js, Node.js, Typescript and AWS, under mentoring from senior engineers, gaining practical skills and confidence to own parts of critical BBC products.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with frontend and middleware technologies.
• Interest in learning the full software development lifecycle.
• Ability to work with mentoring and feedback from engineers.
• Motivation to start a software engineering career with BBC.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands‑on experience in BBC backend and frontend projects.
• Contribute to design, code, test and deploy features used by millions.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team including PMs, UX and Testing.
• Learn software engineering practices and apply them to real work.

Skills

React.js

Node.js

Typescript

AWS

Tools

React.js

Node.js

Typescript

AWS

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 40 months

Department: Media Technology

Location: London - London Broadcasting House, London - The Light House

Salary: £24,650 (+ £5,441 London Weighting)

COULD A BBC APPRENTICESHIP BE THE NEXT ROLE FOR YOU?

Join us as an apprentice at the BBC to give yourself the opportunity to kick‑start your career in a job you’ll love. We’re committed to your skills and talent development. You’ll learn on‑the‑job, developing your knowledge and skills in an area that interests you, whilst working towards your apprenticeship qualification with one of our learning providers.

WHY JOIN THIS SCHEME?

As an apprentice within our team, you will be right at the heart of the BBC's digital first world, developing and maintaining the systems that audiences rely on every single day.

Imagine this: The code you write helps deliver the suspense of EastEnders on iPlayer, the freshest tracks on Sounds, the minute-by-minute drama of a breaking news story, or the thrill of a live goal on Sport.

Your Code, Millions of Users

• Your work directly delights millions of people every week. When they tune in to a podcast, catch up on the news, or stream a live event, it's the platform you helped build that makes it happen.
• You will learn to handle the massive digital challenge of running services that have to be fast, reliable, and available 24/7.
• You will be working with world class software engineers to evolve the platform, ensuring the BBC remains at the forefront of digital media.

You’ve got to be interested now, right?

WHY JOIN THE TEAM?

Platform Evolution Team

Platform Experiences is part of BBC’s WebCore platform. We build, improve, and maintain the frontend and middleware that power the BBC products on web, including BBC News, Sport and iPlayer.

Our work ranges from developing new features and improving user experiences to modernising technology, improving performance and reliability, and making our platforms more efficient. We build shared solutions that support multiple BBC products, meaning our work can have an impact on millions of users.

As a Software Engineering Apprentice, you’ll be an active member of our multidisciplinary team, working alongside eight software engineers, a Software Engineering Team Lead, and colleagues specialising in Product Management, User Experience (UX) and Testing.

You contribute to real projects from the start, gaining hands‑on experience building and maintaining frontend and middleware applications using technologies such as React.js, Node.js, Typescript, and AWS. You’ll be involved in the full software development lifecycle, including designing solutions, writing code, participating in peer code reviews, testing, investigating problems and deploying improvements to BBC products used by millions of people.

You’ll be supported by experienced engineers through mentoring, collaboration, and regular feedback, while developing your technical skills, problem‑solving abilities, and confidence in taking ownership of your work.

Media Services Team

As an apprentice in Media Services, you will immediately see your work impact millions by ensuring the flawless delivery of all BBC video and audio online - from live events to podcasts.

You will gain direct experience with pioneering cloud technologies operating at massive scale. Our supportive environment offers dedicated mentorship and essential professional growth, providing the foundation you need to launch a successful software engineering career.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

As a Software Engineer apprentice (SED27), this is a brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:

• Gain hands‑on experience in the beating heart of the BBC’s software engineering teams responsible for TV, audio, online, and digital platforms.
• Develop your understanding of how the BBC’s existing apps and websites are fit for purpose, ranging from analysis, design, code, build, test, implementation, and support.
• Develop your knowledge and skills on how to apply software engineering principles to all stages of the solution development life cycle, from gathering code and data requirements and ensuring they are secure.
• You will gain a new understanding on how to ensure the quality and reliability of software through rigorous testing and quality control practices.
• You will explore considerations and how to tackle troubleshooting concerns, guided by your team.
• You will play a part in ground‑breaking complex projects, in alignment with the BBC’s Digital First strategy, from inception to delivery.

You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on‑and‑off‑the‑