This inclusive employer is a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. ABOUT BBC STORYWORKS BBC StoryWorks is the award-winning commercial brand studio within BBC Studios, responsible for developing, producing and delivering content-led commercial campaigns across our international digital and television news offer, as well as representing other BBC brands as required. This includes but is not limited to commercial brand films, digital creative, podcasts, written content, as well as the packaging of editorial sponsorships. ABOUT PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY Studios Product and Technology Group is a multi-functional team focused on delivery of world class Products within BBC Studios. We are an agile team delivering big change. We work in a fast-paced environment more akin to a start-up. Our products include several marquee brands including BBC.COM, Bluey and Top Gear, as well as a number of market leading B2B products. You will join a team where everyone - including you - strives to better understand our customers and improve our products daily. As a team we are adaptable, supportive, highly business focused and continually looking to improve. This role provides the opportunity to be part of an exciting and entrepreneurial, internationally focused team that values creativity and proactive problem-solving. Core to that growth will be the launching of enhanced digital products into the market in order to monetize our content offering. You will be joining the team as a key member for shaping and delivering features within established i.e. Top Gear and new digital products such as Bluey, amongst others. THE ROLE This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Digital Product team in BBC StoryWorks, to build and maintain the applications that allow us to create a portfolio of award-winning, global, consumer-facing websites and products. The successful Senior Software Engineer will be a key member of a vibrant agile development team, looking to turn great ideas into engaging digital products, whilst maintaining and improving existing codebases. We are looking for an experienced full stack-oriented Senior Software Engineer to take ownership of our newly build stack. Maintaining the CMS ingestion pipeline, writing performant and resilient APIs and deliver a brilliant experience to our user on our NextJS website. The ideal candidate will have a real enthusiasm for writing clean, concise, testable code, along with knowledge of all things responsive. WHAT DOES IT TAKE? (Minimum criteria) Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS Excellent knowledge of Typescript Excellent knowledge of NextJS or React Excellent knowledge of NodeJS Experience designing and developing APIs Experience using Lambda, ApiGateway, SNS/SQS, Terraform, DynamoDB Experience using JS build tools - Grunt, Yarn, Webpack Experience writing testable code (TDD, BDD or similar) Understanding of performance optimisation on high traffic websites Accessibility Standards Responsive web design Experience of working within an Agile software development environment Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills Excellent attention to detail Desirable criteria Experience of working on multiple projects or codebases concurrently. Experience of mentoring and supporting less experienced members of the team. Experience of working on a global news product. LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here. BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here. We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and we strongly encourage applications from disabled people. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and declare that you are disabled, we will ensure to advance you to the next stage (minimum criteria above). If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustmentsbbc.co.uk. WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS? · Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance · 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days · A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more · Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Job Reference: 5460 Band: D Salary: £65000 - £79000 (plus London Weighting (£5164) for those with a London office base) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract type: Permanent Location: Flexible/Hybrid - the successful candidate will need to be able to travel to Television Centre, London ideally once per month, but can be based anywhere in the UK.