Software Engineering Team Lead

BBC; Salford; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization in Salford is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead to guide the TV Enablement team's efforts in developing robust applications. The role encompasses mentoring engineers, creating a dynamic work culture, and utilizing strong AWS knowledge. Successful candidates will have experience in managing both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a mission to enhance user interactions in the growing IPTV space.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of growing engineers focusing on mentoring and development.
• Experience in designing and supporting robust applications in fast-changing environments.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, coach, and manage staff for quality work and professional development.
• Create an environment for the best performance by fostering a positive and diverse culture.
• Work with the technical community to improve software processes and practices.

Skills

Mentoring and coaching engineers

Large-scale application design

Communication of complex solutions

Practical decision making

AWS knowledge

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Product Group - TV and Devices

LOCATION: Salford Dock House

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 72000 - 82000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

IPTV is at the centre of the BBC's strategic ambitions; the iPlayer audience on this platform hits over 13 million users a week. While this is impressive it pales in comparison to the potential IPTV audience. Many more users still turn to broadcast TV to consume their BBC content, and a key challenge is enticing them over to our IP products.

The TV Enablement team is in need of a talented Software Engineering Team Lead to forge a path in this developing area. The team looks after critical infrastructure and tooling that provide the beating heart for all TV development, ensuring teams can quickly and safely deploy their features to production. We are just at the start of our journey; there are many opportunities to explore and different directions we could take, for example: blue/green deployments, automatic rollbacks, device‑specific monitoring, expanded operational controls.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. We are deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive. We want people to really enjoy working with us and to get a buzz from knowing that what they are doing makes a difference and enhances people's lives.

You would be in the leadership team, forming the strategy and driving it for the whole platform. It is a big responsibility and we set a high bar. Our mission is to provide world‑class TV experiences leaning into the BBC's unique strengths, competing with the biggest players. TV is an especially challenging platform given its fragmented nature, but we pull together as a strong TV community and drive forwards through collaboration and supporting each other.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

The role of a Software Engineering Team Lead is a hybrid role; mixing expert technical knowledge with leading your team and managing your engineers day to day and their careers.

The focus of the role includes :

• People: Recruit, mentor, coach and manage staff, ensuring the quality of their work and their professional development.
• Environment: Create the environment in which people can be their best. This will involve working with department leaders to create a positive and diverse working culture and working with peers to create continuity and alignment across the teams.
• Technical Expertise: Work across the technical community to improve our software, share knowledge and improve processes/practices when developing software.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Track record of growing engineers with a focus on mentoring, coaching and development.
• Experience of designing, writing and supporting robust large‑scale applications in a fast‑changing environment with rapid release cycles.
• Ability to communicate complex technology solutions in a clear and coherent way to different audiences.
• Skilled in dealing with multiple product and technical priorities with a focus on practical decision making.
• In‑depth AWS knowledge, particularly in building infrastructure to support CI/CD and highly available edge distribution.

DESIRED

• Experience of managing multiple technical and non‑technical stakeholders in a complex agile matrix environment.
• Experience in creating and managing large complex mono‑repos.
• Experience working in the TV domain.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Full‑Time

VACANCY

1