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JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Mobile Playback Engineering
LOCATION: Salford - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to £38,200 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Mobile Playback Engineering, part of Media Services, is an integral part of the BBC's digital‑first strategy, delivering consistent user experiences and core functionality across the BBC's mobile estate. As a Junior Software Engineer within Mobile Playback you’ll be joining a team of engineers developing our Media Player components - the core playback engine of all video and audio content across the BBC online.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The BBC is recognised throughout the world for the quality of the content that we produce and the programmes that we broadcast. We are looking for high calibre developers with a passion for technology to help us transform the experience for our audience consuming media in the digital age. The media components we build are right at the heart of the BBC’s best loved products including iPlayer, Sounds, News and Sport.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Developing software - for the download, playback and decryption of media for the whole of the BBC mobile estate.
- Writing software collaboratively - work closely with other team members through pair programming, code review and continuous delivery.
- Working across platforms - happy to work on both Android and iOS codebases
- Writing clean code - enthusiasm for writing clean, well documented, and testable code.
- Improving ways of working - the ability to question the way we work, and the tools and processes we use.
- Communicating effectively - able to talk to developers, non‑developers, and communicate remotely across multiple BBC sites.
- Embracing change - curious and embraces change; requirements often change and you’ll enjoy this challenge.
- Finishing with detail - goal orientated and enjoys finishing the job by developing the final details.
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Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Swift or Objective C.
- Kotlin or Java.
- Software testing practices and frameworks.
- System administration e.g. Linux
- Test Driven Development
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment 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.
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.
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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.
For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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