JOB DETAILS
JOB TITLE: (Mid-Level) Software Engineer - Android Mobile Developer
JOB REFERENCE: 30966
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.
DEPARTMENT: BBC Account and Identity
LOCATION: The role can be based either in London (NBH – Hybrid) or Salford (Dock House – Hybrid). The successful candidate will be expected to work from their designated base one day per week, specifically Thursdays.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £47,000 - £57,000 + London Weighting if applicable, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
CLOSING DATE: 23:59pm on Wednesday the 29th of October 2025
INTERVIEWS COMMENCING: The 10th of November (subject to change).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As a Mobile Engineer in the BBC Account team, you’ll develop libraries and services that enable authorisation, authentication, and personalisation across BBC mobile apps, including iPlayer, News, Sport, and Weather. Your work will underpin features used by millions of users. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate in a cross‑functional, agile environment, shaping the foundation of BBC’s mobile experience and contributing to high‑quality, accessible, and scalable solutions that drive consistent value across all mobile platforms.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
You’ll be part of a supportive, remote‑first team with a strong culture of collaboration, mentorship, and engineering excellence. Our values focus on personal growth, flexibility, and continuous learning. You’ll work alongside talented engineers, designers, and product colleagues, contributing to products used daily by millions. With opportunities to shape the mobile engineering practices at the BBC, you’ll grow professionally while making a meaningful impact on one of the UK’s most trusted digital platforms.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
* 1 hour Technical assessment
* Values‑based interview
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
* Design, develop, and maintain mobile libraries supporting BBC app features.
* Collaborate with multi‑disciplinary colleagues to break down product requirements into technical deliverables.
* Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
* Collaborate effectively to deliver the best value audience experience.
* Share knowledge, learn new skills and adapt to change.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
* Strong experience with Android development using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and Jetpack libraries.
* Solid understanding of architectural patterns such as MVVM or MVI.
* Experience with unit testing and Test‑Driven Development (TDD).
* Proven success working in cross‑functional teams (engineering, product, QA, UX).
* Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Git‑based collaborative workflows.
DESIRED
* Experience in building, distributing and documenting mobile libraries.
* REST/JSON integration.
* AWS familiarity.
* Accessibility expertise.
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.
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING AND CHECKS
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.
BENEFITS
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.
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING
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.
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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