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Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Media Services
BBC
London, , United Kingdom
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Job Introduction
Media Services is the team responsible for publishing all of the BBC's online audio and video content, powering iPlayer, iPlayer Radio, News and Sport. We handle live content, �catch up�, and podcasts.
Every day we ingest and publish over 1000 hours of video content, and publish 3-4 TB of new files.
We make programmes available using a range of the latest streaming technologies, providing the best possible playback across multiple platforms and devices. All of this adds up to a high-profile, large-scale product with a fast-moving development environment.
Our main system is called Video Factory. This BBC Academy article gives an overview of the system: http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/technology/article/art20141031135408727
The BBC Internet Blog has several posts about Video Factory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e2428e08-7e8b-4617-8d39-244e482b8895
A talk about Continuous Delivery and Video Factory from the BBC Digital Open Day:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/technology/software-engineering/BBCDigital2015/article/art20150518154648058
Role Responsibility
To design, develop and support products and services that publish the BBC's audio and video content online. This includes:
• Designing and developing software and APIs for use across the BBC.Â
• Writing unit and integration tests, within automated test driven environments to ensure code quality.
• Reviewing the work of other team members and providing assistance as required.
• Writing clear, concise and comprehensive technical documentation.
• Keeping abreast of new technologies which can be used to enhance the way we publish and deliver our audio and video content.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have a passion for software and technical innovation, and enjoy being involved in the complete lifecycle from project scoping through to implementation, testing and ongoing maintenance. We are looking for engineers who able to design and implement solutions utilising a variety of technologies, frameworks and platforms in order to deliver industry-leading solutions.
You should have an appreciation of BBC output and a passion for technology in the new media environment.
Experience and techs needed:Â
Java
Back end development
Cloud Technology exposure
Unix experience