Software Engineering Apprenticeship - Level 6 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne Job Details | BBC

BBC Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; Presencial; GBP 22.000 - 27.000; Tempo integral

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BBC Group in Newcastle-upon-Tyne offers a Software Engineering Apprenticeship (Level 6) over 40 months. The role is a fixed-term apprenticeship with full-time hours, based at the Broadcasting Centre, earning £24,650 per year.

You will learn on the job while working toward an undergraduate degree in Digital and Technology Solutions. You will join the Echo and Audience portals teams, gaining hands-on experience in mobile, web, and data-driven engineering, with mentoring and a clear path into BBC

Qualificações

• Maths and English GCSE at grade 4/C or above.
• Experience with coding; passion for software engineering.
• Willingness to learn through on- and off-the-job training.
• Non-graduate scheme eligibility.

Responsabilidades

• Gain hands-on experience in BBC software engineering across TV, audio, and online platforms.
• Develop and maintain internal tools and services.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams and learn CI/CD practices.
• Prepare for an Undergraduate Degree in Digital and Technology Solutions.

Conhecimentos

Coding

Mathematics

Formação

GCSE Maths & English (4/C or higher)

Ferramentas

Swift

Kotlin

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

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Software Engineering Apprenticeship - Level 6 - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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

Department: Media Technology

Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne -Broadcasting Centre

Salary: £ 24,650

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?

Want to find out more? Watch recordings from our webinar series on our Life at the BBC YouTube playlist to learn more about this scheme and other opportunities we offer, and hear from current apprentices about their experiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM?

Echo Team

My team is part of Data Sourcing, we’re responsible for the ingestion of user behavioural data for analytics purposes. We work with libraries which form a part of all the BBC apps and online experiences you’ll be familiar with, specifically iOS and Android in this team, and we work closely with mobile app teams as well as data analysts.

The kinds of work we do include mobile library development, using Swift and Kotlin; we also take testing and continuous integration seriously and use BDD with Cucumber and Github Actions for CI/CD.

Audience Portal Team

Our team looks after a set of tools that help people across the BBC understand how audiences are using content and service. As an apprentice, you'll help build and improve products that turn large amounts of information into something people can easily understand and act on.
Some of the tools we work on include:

• X-Ray - a tool that shows how audio content is performing across BBC Sounds and digital radio, with data available in near real time.
• Telescope - a tool that helps News teams understand how their articles are performing, who is reading them and how audiences are engaging with content.
• Audience Performance - a tool that brings together TV, iPlayer and Sounds performance data, helping teams see how programmes are performing and how audiences are changing over time.

You won't just be maintaining these tools. You'll help us improve them, solve problems, add new features and make them easier for people to use. You'll work alongside engineers and product manager as well as working closely with our data colleagues, learning how ideas go from a conversation to a finished product used by teams across the BBC.We don't expect you to arrive knowing everything.

What's more important is being curious, willing to give things a go and not being afraid to ask questions. In return, you'll get support, mentoring and the chance to work on projects that have a real impact on how teams across the BBC understand their audiences and make decisions. If you enjoy technology, like solving problems and want to learn while working on products used every day, we’d love to hear from you.

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-job. This means on successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be awarded with an Undergraduate Degree (Bachelor of Science with Honours) in Digital and Technology Solutions Professional (Software Engineer pathway) from a UK University, and you will be supported to find a job role within the BBC’s Technology or Product delivery teams.

For more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the Software Engineering degree apprenticeship standard.

YOUR SKILLS AND ELIGIBILITY

We’re interested in your passion for working at the BBC and your enthusiasm for delivering world‑class content and operational excellence to our audiences. We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply:

• Have a love of maths and a passion for coding.
• You’re excited about embracing the latest AI and Machine Learning technologies to transform working practices.
• Have brilliant organisational skills and are great at problem‑solving and negotiating.
• You can manage multiple deadlines and demands on your time, and have a calm and focused approach to changing circumstances.
• Have a keen interest in the BBC and how people consume content, bursting with fresh ideas to introduce new perspectives.

This scheme is aimed at non‑graduates. If you have a degree and you’re interested in similar roles at the BBC, we recommend applying for jobs at the BBC careers site or having a look at our other apprenticeship schemes.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must:

• Be 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins in September 2027.
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
• Be legally eligible to work full‑time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship.
• Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme, whether with the BBC or another organisation.
• Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or a higher level than this apprenticeship.

To apply for this scheme, you must also:

• Have maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification.
• Have some experience of coding and/or software engineering. Whether that is from an A Level/BTEC course, coding bootcamp or personal projects. A basic coding test will form part of the assessment for this scheme.

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.

Our apprenticeship roles are also subject to you having the required qualifications that we have deemed to be necessary for your role and the requirement of the training provider for your scheme. The offer would be subject to you undergoing and meeting the requirements of a skill scan process with the BBC nominated training provider to determine your eligibility.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment 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.

Information at a Glance

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Excellent career and professional development.
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a 35‑hour working week, 25 days annual leave (26 days for BBC Studios), a range of policies to support your work/life balance, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• A values‑based organisation where the way we do things is as important as what we do.

As an Apprentice you will also receive:

• An industry recognised qualification.
• Industry‑leading training through the BBC Academy and our learning providers (this may involve travel to locations across the UK).
• A dedicated Team Manager and Scheme Specialist to help with your development.
• Training and Mentoring by industry professionals.
• A bespoke BBC apprenticeship experience including apprenticeship development days and membership of the BBC Apprenticeship community.
• Employability and networking training and support to help you secure your next role.
• The opportunity to apply for financial support for relocation subject to eligibility.

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We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We take inclusivity seriously and want to ensure all candidates who are disabled or have long‑term health conditions receive the support and adjustments they need. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the recruitment process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via the Early Careers Recruitment contact form and we’d be happy to discuss how we can support you through the process.

Use of AI: Guidance for Candidates

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We want to hear about your experiences, your skills and what motivates you. The strongest applications are the ones that reflect your own thinking, achievements and perspective. So whilst you're welcome to use AI for support, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and tells your story.

You will find more guidance about using AI in the recruitment process.

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