Software Engineering Team Lead

British Broadcasting Corporation; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead for its Telescope team, responsible for delivering real-time insights to editorial teams. This hybrid role combines technical leadership with team management, fostering a diverse and motivated environment. Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering and experience in leading teams, with a focus on agile practices and best practices in software development.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution up to 10%

26 days annual leave + bank holidays

Discounted gym memberships

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in leading software engineering teams.
• Strong background in web technologies and AWS.
• Proven track record in recruitment and team development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a world-class engineering team.
• Manage daily activities and support career development.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality products and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile Practices

Collaboration

Technical Expertise

Tools

React

Typescript

Javascript

Node

AWS

Job description

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Job Package

Band: D

Contract type: Permanent

Location: London - Hybrid Role (1-2 days in the office)

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Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Includes

• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• 26 days annual leave (based on full-time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships, and healthcare schemes
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role, including industry-recognized qualifications, coaching, and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with staff networks like Women’s Network, National Disability Networks, etc.

Family-friendly flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time, and compressed hours can be requested.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially individuals from underrepresented groups.

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Job Introduction

We aim for the BBC to be renowned for engineering quality as much as for content. We aspire to engineer outstanding digital products at scale.

Are you looking to build on your engineering systems experience? Are you passionate about helping engineering teams excel? Do you care about engineering principles, software craft, and delivering value?

If yes, this role might be for you.

Main Responsibilities

We are seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead for our Telescope team. Telescope delivers real-time insights to editorial teams worldwide, supporting BBC’s mission to inform about world events. The team builds front-end experiences, infrastructure, and data products, working within the Data Platform department to enable data-informed decisions.

You will lead, mentor, and develop a world-class engineering team, ensuring delivery of high-quality products and adherence to best practices.

Interview process

This role involves a virtual 2-hour interview, comprising:

• A 55-minute technical presentation and discussion
• A 10-minute break
• A 55-minute competency-based interview on leadership and management

Main Responsibilities (continued)

This hybrid role combines technical expertise with team leadership, managing daily activities and supporting career development.

The Focus of the Role Includes

• People: recruiting, supporting growth, fostering motivation, and creating a healthy, diverse team environment.
• Culture: collaborating with delivery, product, and UX leads; promoting agile practices; fostering sharing, learning, and motivation.
• Technical: leading design, development, and operation of software; defining best practices; ensuring operational stability, quality, and documentation.

Are you the right candidate?

We support your growth and development. If you’re interested, let’s have a conversation.

Experience of Leadership

• Supporting Software Engineering teams
• Recruitment, line management, mentoring
• Influencing stakeholders
• Promoting best practices
• Growing and hiring diverse teams

Technical Stack & Experience

• Web Technologies: React, Typescript, Javascript, JSX, Cypress, Node, NextJS
• AWS Technologies: S3, Redis, Mongo, Elastic, ECS, SQS, SNS
• Managing data infrastructure at scale using AWS

About The BBC

The BBC prioritizes redeployment for employees seeking alternative roles and values diversity, inclusion, and equality. We consider flexible working requests unless operationally unfeasible.