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JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £61,000 - £76,725 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441. 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.
WE ARE BBC STUDIOS A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.
Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As a Senior Mobile App Engineer, you'll be a key contributor to an empowered product engineering team, combining world-class software craftsmanship with pragmatic problem-solving. You'll design, build, and maintain scalable systems using React Native & modern TypeScript, helping shape technical decisions while delivering meaningful outcomes at pace.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This role sits within the bbc.com worldwide team, focused on delivering solutions and content for our global (non-UK) audience. The platform is supported by three teams: front-end, CMS/tooling, and back-end systems. We're currently undergoing a transformation to strengthen our agile and engineering practices, with a constant drive to improve. The team is known for being friendly, open, and supportive. bbc.com is part of the wider Studios Product Group, which manages major BBC brands and content distribution.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
Writing high quality, well-tested, production-grade code that meets reliability, security, and performance standards.
Lead by example on code quality, refactoring, and technical best practices.
Orchestrate and lead on architectural decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, observable, and aligned to business needs.
Participate in planning, estimation, and technical discovery sessions.
Support the growth of engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing and mentoring
Promote and shape engineering standards, continuous improvement, and a healthy, inclusive team culture.
Evaluating and implementing new technologies and tools to improve efficiency and system health.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
Expertise in React Native and building production-grade systems
Excellent TypeScript knowledge and practices in mobile codebases
Good testing skills utilising Jest/React Testing Library as well knowledge of methodologies such as TDD / Mutation testing etc
Strong expertise in native tooling: Xcode & Android Studio
Experience with component/UI library tools such as Storybook
Experience and knowledge of automation frameworks/tools such as Fastlane
Good familiarity with CI/CD best practices / GitHub actions
Experience with Detox or other relevant e2e testing framework
Experience/understanding of API design and working with Backend teams to promote concepts such as versioning, validation and shaping data endpoints.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
Experience with building native React Native modules using Swift and Kotlin.
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.
NEXT STEPS We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
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