Hackajob is collaborating with BBC to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
Job Title: Software Engineer
JOB DETAILS
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Engineering Enablement - FABL
LOCATION: Salford - Dock House - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £47,000 - £57,000, 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 Tuesday 4th of November 2025
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
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 THE 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.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Professional experience designing, implementing and maintaining high-traffic, resilient systems.
* Production experience of JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS and React.
* Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns and best practices.
* Experience of AWS Services such as EC2, Lambda and CloudWatch.
* Experience of Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.
Desired But Not Required
* Experience in developing for operational and non-functional concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, scale, availability and resilience, security considerations).
* Experience working on zero down time systems and providing live support in the event of service disruption.
* 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.