Software Engineer - EXTEND in London

Job Band: C

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time

Department: Video Audiences Team - Chief Operating Group

Location: London (London Broadcasting House) – Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)

Proposed Salary Range: £43,500– £54,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

Closing Date: 28/07/2026 23:59

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.

Interview Process

The selection process will consist of two stages:

• Stage 1: 1 x hour coding assessment designed to evaluate technical proficiency.
• Final Stage: A 1 x hour comprehensive interview comprising:
• A 15-minute technical presentation, AND
• A 45-minute blended competency-based interview focused on values and behaviours and technical ability.

Extend Programme

This role is advertised as part of our Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non‑apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact us.

The company is fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers for disabled people. If you are successful and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on the company Extend, please visit the company Extend webpage.

Purpose of the Role

Join the Video Audiences team to work on delivering innovative new ways for the company users to discover more of our world‑class catalogue of audio and video programmes. As a software engineer, you will be playing a key role in executing the migration from our legacy framework to a new pan‑company architecture. Your work will directly impact millions of the company users in the UK.

Why Join the Team?

Joining the Video Audiences team offers an exciting opportunity to work on the UK’s fastest‑growing VOD platform, shaping how millions of users experience the company content online. You will be part of a well‑rounded team of front‑end engineers in an environment that values creativity and continuous learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with project, product and technical leads to design software that meets complex product and business needs, creating implementable specifications and tasks at feature and component level.
• Enforce best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation using modern tools and frameworks (e.g. React).
• Participate in the team’s software development methodologies, such as pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.
• Learn new technologies and keep informed of existing technologies.

Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria:

• Have a good understanding of TypeScript, CSS, React and Node.js.
• Experience with testing frameworks and utilities such as Mocha and Sinon.
• Experience with writing and maintaining robust production software in a fast‑changing environment with rapid release cycles.
• Experience with building and maintaining infrastructure on cloud platforms and effective and resilient CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in pair programming, TDD, and agile process.

Desired:

• Experience developing on AWS.
• Experience working with GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
• Out Of Hours/On Call engineer experience.
• Takes responsibility for delivering tasks to completion.
• Worked in a professional software development environment on several projects (including experience in testing, design and release).

Additional Information

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Please note: Employment screening checks will be conducted, including reference checks, eligibility to work checks, and if applicable, safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks. Offers are conditional upon satisfactory checks.

Contact

For general queries, please contact us. We are unable to accept applications via CV and only online applications will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

Redeployment

The company is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the company and will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.