BT Group
Software Engineering Specialist
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Software Engineering Specialist
Software Engineering Specialist
Req ID: 60260 | Location: GBR Ipswich – Orion Building | Salary: Competitive with Great Benefits
About the Role
The Software Engineering Specialist independently delivers BT’s engineering strategy and roadmap by fostering cross-functional collaboration and driving innovation. You will lead and coach teams to:
- Define and implement complex architecture for datacentre automation and connectivity.
- Break down intricate business needs into clear specifications and deliver high-quality software.
- Champion best practices in agility, TDD (Test-Driven Development), deployment pipelines, coding, and containerisation.
What You’ll Be Doing
You will be responsible for:
- Lead the design and execution of technical solutions across high-performing platforms, balancing short-term delivery and long-term transformation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve inter-system issues and implement domain-specific solutions.
- Drive architecture and security compliance, ensuring solutions align with BT’s wider technical standards.
- Contribute to technical reviews, maintaining proficiency in software engineering principles.
- Decompose user stories and manage backlog items with Agile/SCRUM teams to ensure quality and clear acceptance criteria.
- Write, test, and refactor code, integrating and troubleshooting solutions to enhance system compatibility.
- Monitor and resolve software defects, ensuring system reliability and performance.
- Champion devOps practices, advocating for continuous delivery, tooling, and automation to boost developer productivity.
- Shape and implement an ambitious technical roadmap to support BT’s business, engineering, and operational needs.
- Support operational excellence by defining metrics and processes for ongoing improvement.
- Identify and drive process improvements in software engineering to unlock efficiencies.
- Engage with the wider software engineering community to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration.
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Skills & Experience Required
Mandatory
- 4+ years in Software Engineering, with experience in:
- Full-stack development and solution design across architectural domains.
- End-to-end project delivery ( large complex projects, stakeholder management, risk mitigation).
- CI/CD pipelines, automation, and container orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes.
- RESTful APIs, microservices, messaging (SOA/web services, event-driven architectures).
- Agile/SCRUM methodologies, including user story decomposition and backlog refinement.
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Preferred
- Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), VMware/Broadcom ecosystems.
- Familiarity with ELK Stack, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and large-scale databases (relational DBs).
- Enterprise telco domain knowledge (Fixed & Mobile networks, digital business operations).
Why Join BT?
BT Group tailors benefits to empower you—customisable health, wellness, career growth, and essential protections.
- 10% bonus (with 24/7 private GP access)
- Market-leading leaves: Carers (2 weeks), maternity/paternity/adoption (18+ weeks’ full/partial pay).
- Employee discounts on EE mobile, broadband, and BT products.
- Pension scheme: 5% employee + 10% company contribution.
- Flexible holiday scheme.
Joining BT means contributing to the UK’s communications backbone—where technology drives societal progress. Be part of ** humanity’s digital future**.
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