Hackajob | Salford, England, United Kingdom
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Job Details
* Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
* Job Reference: 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 Tuesday)
* Proposed Salary Range: £58,500 - £68,500, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
* Closing Date: 23:59 on Friday the 5th of December 2025
* Interviews to commence: 17th of December 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.
Interview Process
* 1 hour coding test/technical assessment, a short break and 75 minutes of 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. It handles a daily peak of 3 million requests per minute, with spikes up to 6 million per minute. The platform provides the infrastructure, capacity, scaling, resilience, caching and monitoring so that BBC teams can focus 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 content to the BBC Sport App and the BBC News App.
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
* Professional experience designing, implementing and maintaining high‑traffic, resilient systems.
* Strong experience of JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and React in a large‑scale production environment.
* Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns and best practices.
* Experience with AWS Services such as EC2, Lambda and CloudWatch.
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.
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.
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