Overview
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: News Sport Weather Apps
LOCATION: Salford – Dock House, hybrid (1 day per week in the office)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £65,000 - £73,000 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.
EXTEND
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk.
The BBC is fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.
If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage. (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for a Senior Android Software Engineer to join the News and Sport App Foundation team. We exist to drive forward the technical foundations for the apps that provide our audience with trusted BBC journalism, including BBC News, Sport and World Service. As a Senior Engineer you’ll play a key role to ensure our apps apply the latest standards and are fit to scale with the BBC’s ambitious plans.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The role will be rewarding if you are energised by continuous technical improvement. You will listen to the needs of other engineering teams and cross-discipline colleagues to identify, scope and execute high-impact improvements. Your innovation will unlock performance in other teams by simplifying the ways they deliver features to our BBC audience. You will increase development efficiency by converging historically fragmented infrastructure and building the means to deliver frequent change without compromising operational excellence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues to breakdown product requirements into technical deliverables.
* Work with engineers and architects to scope and execute technical change to simplify and improve our codebase.
* Advocate for and follow engineering best practises within the team.
* Ensure engineering output is high quality, fit for purpose, and thoroughly tested.
* Drive continuous team improvement through fast feedback loops. Share knowledge within the team and across BBC Apps.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Strong Android development experience with a solid understanding of architecture and design principles.
* Proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with working knowledge of Java and legacy Android UI patterns.
* Deep understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and decoupled design.
* Demonstrated experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) to produce high-quality, reliable software.
* Proficiency in version control systems like Git and working in collaborative coding environments.
* Proven ability to write maintainable code in team-based projects.
* Ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving software requirements.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
* Experience in building, distributing and documenting mobile libraries
* Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment in mobile apps
* Web services integration (REST, JSON) in a mobile environment; knowledge of Amazon Web Services
* Experience of building accessible applications
* Experience of mentoring and coaching more junior team members
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.
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 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.
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
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