Software Engineering Team Lead

Description:

The BBC is one of the UK’s most well-known and loved brands. The iPlayer & Sounds product teams build some of the most used products in BBC: our mission is to be the first place for anybody to go to watch the BBC. It is an exciting time to join the team as we’ve ambitious goals to be the number one online TV and audio service in the UK. You will have an opportunity to work on software at a scale that is hard to find in the country. The Interactive TV teams within this department build and support the BBC’s 'big screen' experiences, including iPlayer, Sounds and live events across our broadcast and connected TV platforms. There is a wealth of content to discover throughout the BBC's connected TV services, and this team is focused on ensuring that it plays seamlessly and in high quality for all users, no matter what type of TV device they have. Fulfilling this mission requires a detailed understanding of a wide range of Media Playback technologies and features such as Dash/HLS, ABR, MSE, Seamless Failover, Live Playback and HTML5 video to name a few. Consisting of a group of highly skilled, multi-disciplinary individuals the team is constantly collaborating working with a wide range of teams across the BBC, using Agile principles, to iterate and learn quickly and at scale

Interview Process

Virtual interview – approx. 1.5 hours of technical, leadership and values-based questions, including a technical diagram

Interviews to commence the week of the 21st of October 2024*subject to change

Main Responsibilities

• Be accountable for the design and development of effective software that meets given the complex, strategic business needs for immediate team and broader BBC
• Take ownership, and drive cross-team initiatives that deliver value across the wider TV estate
• Promote alignment of the team's products and services with BBC technology and architecture strategy
• Provide technical knowledge and insight to peers and colleagues
• Review and give constructive feedback on others' code
• Ensure the team's software works well in its operating environment
• Troubleshooting and resolution of issues throughout the product life cycle, including out of hours support for incident resolution
• Define and document the team's best practice and standards
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's delivery and development processes
• Mentor more junior software engineering team members
• Learn new technologies and keep abreast of existing technologies, and help introduce them where appropriate
• Help out with various recruitment activities such as conducting interviews