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Job Title: Software Engineer - MLOps
Job Band: C
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Department: Machine Learning Enablement Team
Location: Salford – Hybrid working with 1 day a week expected in office base location.
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 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
Step into the world of the BBC, one of the UK's most iconic and beloved brands, where every working day is as unique as it is rewarding. Every tick of the clock, our content reaches millions of people globally, which is made possible by our top-notch Software Engineering team. They've been instrumental in pioneering innovative products and unique features that have firmly positioned us at the forefront of our industry. We don't merely adapt to an ever-changing world - we set the pace.
The Machine Learning Enablement Team provides capabilities, tools, and advice to ensure best practices are followed and enables effective use of machine learning technologies that helps teams across the business build, collaborate on, manage, and maintain their machine learning platforms.
We are looking for a software engineer to work within the team to build/maintain machine learning infrastructure.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of tools supporting data science and MLOps workflows
* Implement software solutions in a structured and professional approach, adhering to industry best practices.
* Help monitor performance of new functionality and offer ideas on how it could be improved
* Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to define and implement technical requirements.
* Contribute to building a strong engineering culture by fostering a positive and collaborative environment
* Ensure software quality by planning, executing and tracking tests
* Learn new technologies and apply your learning to projects where appropriate
Your Skills And Experience
You don’t need to be an expert in all these areas, only some of them. If you have a base understanding of the areas and their underlying principles, you will shine. So don’t feel that you can’t apply if you don’t have all these skills. After all, you’ll work with and be mentored by a friendly development team, and the BBC will provide many opportunities for learning as you progress.
We create and support reliable and scalable cloud-based services on Amazon Web Services, use GitHub for version control and practice pair programming and Test-Driven Development where possible.
* Hands-on experience with Python development and an understanding of software engineering best practices (e.g., TDD, clean code principles).
* Experience of AWS services such as SageMaker, S3, EC2, VPC, Lambda, Redshift
* Experience of DevOps practices, including containerisation with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
* Exposure to MLOps tools (e.g., MLFlow) and practices, with a willingness to learn more.
* Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (CDK, CloudFormation)
* Knowledge of feature engineering, data pre-processing, data pipelines
* Awareness of optimisation, monitoring, and security best practices in software development.
* Familiarity with statistical concepts, Machine Learning techniques and frameworks
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.
Find out more about the BBC
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 pensionscheme 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.
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.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.
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