Job Description

Job Requisition ID:

30180

Job Closing Date:

05/12/2025
London, GBR, 0

| London, GBR, W1A 1AA

JOB DETAILS

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer - iPages

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term (18 months), Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Corporate Digital Applications

LOCATION: London Broadcasting House or Remote

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 64,000 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.


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 backend-leaning 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 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 backend and API development Significant expertise with full-stack JavaScript Experience building distributed systems with cloud services such as AWS Experience designing, building, and maintaining relational databases Significant experience with frontend technologies such as HTML and CSS


DESIRED:



Experience with a headless CMS Experience designing and building serverless cloud architectures Experience of leading and guiding other software engineers Experience with React Experience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs Experience using Orbeon forms and XPath Experience leading troubleshooting and resolution of issues Some understanding of accessibility standards for websites and web apps

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.


For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk


Redeployment


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.