<h2>Job Introduction</h2>In BBC Home you’ll help build the next generation of the BBC online.&nbsp; Your work will be in front of tens of millions of people as we deliver world-class experiences via the BBC Homepage and use our Topics capability to power some of the BBC’s biggest products in News, Sport and programmes like Strictly Come Dancing or Dr Who.Our vision is to bring together everything the BBC produces in a personalised way, through connected services that allow you to interact directly with the BBC.&nbsp; By joining our team you will be given the opportunity to make a real difference to our mission to reinvent the BBC online for a new generation.Our agile teams are made up of software engineers, testers, user experience designers, design researchers, product owners, business analysts and project managers, all striving to create extraordinary experiences for our audiences.How we workIn BBC Home we build our products following Continuous Delivery practises, builds run with fully automated pipelines, deploying to live multiple times a day.We build fully responsive web solutions across multiple devices and we create the backend services that drive them using Node.JS and AWS cloud technologies.&nbsp; Our services are highly available and highly scalable so we build following service-oriented architecture and micro-service architectural patterns.We follow agile development methodologies and practice Test Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development and advocate pair programming.&nbsp;We focus on the key non-functional requirements that are important to our audience - performance, security and accessibility.&nbsp; We excel at collaboration and often we work closely with other teams in the BBC - and external companies - to push our capabilities further.<h3>Role Responsibility</h3>The Principal Software Engineer works closely with the wider Product and Technology teams to deliver top notch products and experiences to our audience users.&nbsp; You will design simple solutions to complex business problems – assuring availability and performance.&nbsp; You will provide ongoing consultation and advice to stakeholders about roadmap features and will lead and implement architectural design best practices, aiding the BBC projects' long-term success.&nbsp; As a subject matter expert in your field, you will also provide technical mentorship and support for architectural design, from individual applications/services to distributed systems design.<h3>Are you the right candidate?</h3>We understand not everyone may tick all the essential boxes, however we strongly encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate how you would deliver the fundamentals of the role.You will be an experienced software engineer with a demonstrable background working within an Agile/or DevOps environment. &nbsp;A&nbsp;subject matter expert in your field, particularly in JavaScript, React, and Node.js languages, you will be committed to the principles of software craftmanship and clean code.We look for some of the following skills in a Principal&nbsp;Software Engineer:<ul><li>Strong knowledge of modern clean code for multiple platforms</li><li>Championing best working practices such as TDD, pair programming and application of design patterns</li><li>Demonstrable experience of AWS services</li><li>The ability to engineer solutions that are covered by automated tests</li><li>An aspiration for engineering excellence, using knowledge sharing to learn from each other</li><li>The ability to mentor and / or demonstrate leadership capabilities</li><li>The ability to see errors and mistakes as an opportunity to learn and improve</li><li>A holistic approach to a project, the solution you develop and the views of your colleagues</li><li>An empathetic approach that puts user’s experience in the centre</li><li>The desire and ability to proactively communicate in an inclusive way</li></ul><h3>Package Description</h3>Band: D Contract type: continuing Location: Salford (one/two days per week in the office)We are serious about offering you professional development, training and support.&nbsp; You can also expect an excellent benefits package, a great working environment with scope for hybrid working&nbsp;and a shared sense of purpose.Our comprehensive benefits package includes:<ul><li>An employer pension contribution of up to 10%</li><li>Annual leave 26 days, (based on your working pattern 1 of which is a corporation day) + bank holidays of course with the option to buy an extra 5 days</li><li>Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes</li><li>Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours</li><li>Employee assistance and well-being programmes</li><li>Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring</li><li>An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more</li></ul>We welcome candidates from all backgrounds&nbsp;and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.&nbsp; While this is a full-time role, flexible working patterns and job shares are welcome.If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch so we can support you.<h3>About the BBC</h3>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 in the document attached below.Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.&nbsp;We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/diversity/">here</a>

Principal Software Engineer (JavaScript, React, Node.js) - BBC Home

Job DescriptionBand: CContract type: PermanentLocation: Cardiff We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.<ul><li>Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.</li><li>Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.</li><li>Benefits- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of 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. </li></ul><h3>Job Introduction</h3>Are you looking for a role that builds on your experience with engineering systems? Are you keen to learn, grow, and develop? Do you want to work in a nurturing culture where you can flourish and be your best? Would you like to work on services that are used by key BBC products and millions of people each day? If so, this opportunity could be for you. We are currently looking for a talented Software Engineer to join one of our data visualisation teams here in the BBC. We are looking for talent who can join us for on a permanent basis in Cardiff, working in a hybrid way. The BBC’s world-class online products (iPlayer, News, Sport, Sounds, Bitesize and many others) reach millions of audience members every week and create billions of rows of data per day. You'll be part of our data visualisation team, who help analyse and show our audience behaviour and is crucial in how we tailor our output and evolve our services. Some of the key benefits you'll get from working in this role are:<ul><li>A variety of challenging work - our data visualisation teams work on a wide variety of different technologies.</li><li>Unrivalled training and development opportunities - we operate a people first culture and pride ourselves on your development. Our inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. We value our engineers, offering regular training and development opportunities, as well as '10% time' - allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning and innovation.</li><li>Benefits - we offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance, hybrid working, 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, and much more.</li><li>Working with cutting edge technology - we are constantly looking to leverage new technologies to make our systems more effective.</li></ul> <h3>Main Responsibilities</h3>As an established Software Engineer with a passion for data services and systems you will be working within our agile development team called /audiences to deliver product improvements and enhance our technologies related to research articles, viewing figures and listening figures. You will be supported by your team and leaders to deliver value with an eye on quality, scale and security.We don't expect you to have experience in all of these, but below gives you examples of the technologies and practices we value:<ul><li>Good communication skills - a great candidate will be able to talk to other developers, to non-developers, and is happy to communicate with people remotely across multiple BBC sites.</li><li>The ability to question the way we work, and the tools and processes we use - we're always aiming to make our team the best it can be.</li><li>An enthusiasm for writing clean, well-documented, and testable code.</li><li>Curious and embraces change - were always learning new technologies and requirements often change, you'll enjoy this challenge</li><li>Goal oriented - you’ll enjoy finishing the job by developing the final details</li></ul><h3>Are you the right candidate?</h3>If you have a base understanding of the 'nice to have' areas and their underlying principles, you will shine. So don’t feel that you can’t apply if you don’t have all these skills. After all, you’ll work with, and be mentored by, a friendly development team, and the BBC will provide many opportunities for learning as you progress.<h3> Required skills</h3><ul><li>Solid JavaScript development experience in React.js/Next.js</li><li>Read and write SQL language</li><li>Experience in TDD, writing testable code and unit/integrations tests</li></ul><h3>Nice to haves</h3><ul><li>TypeScript development experience</li><li>Knowledge of and experience with RedShift Databases.</li><li>Familiar and practiced with Agile Methodologies.</li><li>Enthusiastic and experienced in using engineering best practices and writing clean and accessible code.</li><li>Ability to explain complex technical ideas in a clear manner to peers who have no previous knowledge.</li><li>Passion and enthusiasm for delivering great products</li><li>Experience of optimisation for performance, accessibility and security</li><li>Experience working as part of a cross-functional development team</li><li>Experience working with cloud services (preferably AWS)</li></ul>

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