Senior Software Engineer

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer
JOB REF: 33781
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.
DEPARTMENT: Engineering Enablement - FABL
LOCATION: Salford - Dock House; Hybrid - 1 day per week, (Office day is on Tuesday)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £58,500 - £68,500, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
CLOSING DATE: 23:59 on Friday the 5th of December 2025

INTERVIEWS TO COMMENCE: 17th of December 2025 this may be subject to change

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.

Interview Process:

• 1 hour coding test/technical assessment, a short break and 75 min values based questions with technical questions
• You will be asked to prepare a system architecture diagram that you have led the development of (the diagram is for visual aid and discussion)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The FABL platform is a key component in delivering BBC content to audiences worldwide. The platform receives a daily peak of 3 million requests a minute, with regular spikes of up to 6 million requests per minute.

The platform provides the infrastructure, capacity, scaling, resilience, caching and monitoring so that BCC teams can concentrate on writing the business logic to support their user experiences. The platform powers the data behind BBC Homepage, News, Sport, Weather, Bitesize, BBC World Service, BBC Food, CBeebies and also delivers the content to the BBC Sport App and the BBC News App.

WHY JOIN THIS TEAM

Your work will directly impact both BBC teams and BBC worldwide audiences. By being part of a team that is providing a platform to over 35 BBC teams you will be responsible for ensuring that our platform meets all customer expectations and meets organisational goals on performance. The platform needs to be fast, reliable and always available.

You will be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and where you will be empowered to fulfil your potential. We offer a warm welcome with full support settling in and foster a culture where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. We're 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 get a buzz from knowing that what they are doing is making a difference and enhancing people's lives.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Work with product, delivery and technical leads to design and implement software that meets complex product and business needs.
• Actively participate in pair programming sessions, working closely with other engineers to write maintainable and efficient code.
• Participate in and help improve the team's software development methodologies such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle.
• Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for our services.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

DESIRED:

• Expertise in developing for operational and non-functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations).
• Experience in managing observability and operational responsibility for large-scale products, both in and out of hours.
• Experience of mentoring and supporting less experienced members of the team.
• Knowledge of Nginx/OpenResty.
• Experience with Agile frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker).

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.

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.

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.

Information at a Glance This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: , registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.