Senior Software Engineer at BBC

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• In Corporate Digital & Applications (CDA) we deliver a broad suite of internal tools and services to empower our BBC colleagues. As a Senior Software Engineer in the iPages team, you will lead the development of new iPages features and editor tools at pace using the BBC’s headless CMS, iSite, JavaScript, React, GraphQL and AWS. You will help shape our products, technical approach, and guide others around you.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

• Corporate Digital & Applications is a small department that builds internal applications to help BBC Staff get their work done. We look after the BBC's intranet, Gateway, internal mobile applications, public-facing corporate sites, and dozens of internal bespoke web applications. Almost every person in the BBC uses at least one of our systems most weeks, and our audience-facing sites receive millions of views from the public every month. 
• iPages is the name of our internal page building system used to build Gateway and BBC Corporate sites. iPages takes a feed from an internal headless CMS, iSite, and uses it to statically generate pages that are hosted on AWS. This infrastructure allows us to rapidly build and host sites that can be viewed by millions of people at a very low cost. 
• The iPages team also manages a small number of editor tools, like the Uploader App and the iPages dashboard providing status info and stats for internal sites and internal comms (IC) emails.
• We’re continuously improving iPages components and editor tools, responding quickly to business needs as they arise, and finding fast and robust solutions. For example, we’ve recently added email sending for IC to iPages adding an exciting new facet to the product.
• iPages is a team that’s friendly, flexible and supportive.  If you are too, you’ll fit in well.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Lead the design, development and testing of new iPages components and editor tools/features in tools that are consistent with existing products and features and that iPages editors find easy to use
• Work with others to pair program, review code and give constructive feedback
• Work closely with product managers to help shape products through your technical insight
• Help improve the team’s processes such as pairing, code and documentation review, automated testing, and continuous delivery
• Mentor and coach colleagues
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Significant experience with frontend technologies such as HTML and CSS
• Significant expertise with full-stack JavaScript
• Experience building distributed systems with cloud services such as AWS
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining relational databases
• Some understanding of accessibility standards for websites and web apps

DESIRED:

• Experience with a headless CMS
• Experience with React
• Experience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs 
• Experience using Orbeon forms and XPath
• Experience designing and building serverless cloud architectures
• Experience leading troubleshooting and resolution of issues

Job Closing Date:18/11/2025