Bauer Media Group
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer
About the Team: How We Enrich Everyday Life
You’ll be joining Bauer Media Audio (BMA), Europe’s biggest commercial audio broadcaster, connecting audiences across nine markets with music, stories, and unique experiences that they love. Bauer Media Audio is expanding by establishing an in-house software engineering hub in Manchester. This new hub solidifies Manchester as a pivotal technology centre for Bauer Media Audio, complementing its existing operational locations.
Our new engineering team is built around squads, each addressing a distinct value stream with cross-squad roles shared by experts to support the entire operation. Each squad is led by a Product Manager and a Lead Engineer, both jointly accountable for delivering results within their squad.
Squads operate intentionally as small teams, typically comprising around five to six engineers, ensuring focused, collaborative, and rapid development. We prioritize collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to excellence, working closely with product and technology peers to ensure our platforms meet the evolving needs of the business worldwide.
The Difference You Will Make
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in establishing the technical foundations of this new engineering team by leading hands-on development of infrastructure, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across disciplines to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing systems.
You’ll ensure your squad’s work aligns with our technical direction and product priorities, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence. Your impact extends beyond technical domains, helping to foster a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment — one that prioritizes psychological safety so everyone can thrive and contribute their best work daily.
Your Role
Build and Deliver
- Develop and maintain features and services across the platform, taking end-to-end ownership from design through to deployment.
- Contribute to early-stage prototyping and infrastructure work, helping shape the platform’s foundational solutions.
Shape Technical Direction
- Contribute to architectural decisions within your squad.
- Collaborate with your Lead Engineer and product colleagues to ensure work aligns with technical goals.
- Share your expertise to inform technical choices that keep our platform scalable and future-ready.
Mentor and Support
- Support the growth of junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge-sharing opportunities that foster collaboration and development.
- Participate actively in team’s growth, aiding recruitment processes and guiding new engineers to full productivity quickly.
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Champion Quality and Operational Excellence
- Champion DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, and promote a culture of automation and observability in the development process.
- Lead testing strategies and maintain high security standards in daily development practices.
- Participate in incident management, providing hands-on technical support with clear communication during high-pressure situations.
What We Are Looking For
Experience
The invite is to professionals with experience in some or all of the following areas:
Technical capability
- Solid hands-on engineering experience, actively proficient in frontend and backend development — enough to lead and influence technical decisions.
- Familiarity with core stack technologies: Node/TypeScript, React, Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, or a comparable stack, with a willingness to adapt and learn new technologies.
- Expertise in microservices, APIs, and cloud-based deployments.
- Hands-on involvement with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
- Embedding security best practices into everyday development workflows.
- Interest in AI-assisted development tools and techniques that enhance productivity and code quality.
Collaboration and Communication
- Experience mentoring engineers and fostering their growth, with a nuanced approach aligned to team members' experience and preferences.
- Strong communication skills, enabling effective collaboration across disciplines and articulating complex technical ideas to non-technical colleagues clearly and persuasively.
- A proactive habit of documenting decisions, sharing knowledge, and embedding this culture within the team.
Industry and Delivery Experience
- Prior experience working in agile software delivery environments, particularly in a product-led context.
- Background in incident management or familiarity with on-call responsibilities.
- Preloved experience in the media, audio streaming, or consumer platform sector (valued but not mandatory).
Working Pattern and Location
This position offers a permanent, hybrid, full-time role with a requirement for an in-office presence twice a week in our Manchester hub. Participation in incident management rotas is part of the role — these rotations are organized collaboratively, ensuring individual needs and outside commitments are balanced and respected.
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Why Join Us?
- Be part of a team designing and building platforms that influence millions of listeners across Europe, generating real impact on daily product use.
- Join a growing engineering organization that places a substantial emphasis on people, practices, and technologies while actively supporting continuous employee development.
- Emerge within a collaborative, product-led environment where engineering influence directly shapes business outcomes, upholding a respected professional posture.
- Contribute to a culture rooted in empathy, accountability, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media company focused on creating impactful content for millions of Europeans. Our offerings range from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside strategic investments in related media sectors. Bauer Media annually surpasses 500 million copies sold, ranking among Europe’s largest publishing enterprises.
Beyond publishing, operating over 150 radio and podcast brands across nine countries including the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Portugal, Bauer Media reaches 61 million weekly listeners.
A family-owned fifth-generation business, Bauer Media aligns with a consumer-first strategy, envisioning the long-term to empower worldwide audiences with enriching experiences.
Benefits
- 28 days of paid holiday, including bank holidays plus 2 volunteer days.
- Access to Bauer Academy, fostering skills development through internal training programs.
- Enhanced maternity/adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave policies.
- Support for flexible working arrangements.
- An environment where inclusivity, equality, and accessibility are paramount — relationship with applicants of all backgrounds encouraged.
We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process, so please contact careershub@bauermedia.co.uk if adjustments are needed for disability or long-term health conditions at any stage.
Compliance and Feedback
Applicants are encouraged to monitor for timely job advert updates, as roles may close earlier than initially advertised. For feedback on the UK recruitment process, send your input to careershub@bauermedia.co.uk.
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