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Senior Mobile Software Engineer - Children's Design & Engineering
BBC
Salford Quays, , United Kingdom
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Job Introduction
The Children's Design and Engineering (D&E) team make some of the UK’s most popular websites and Mobile Apps which are used and loved by millions of children. As part of our multidisciplinary team you’ll help us bring to life globally successful brands in a range of games, apps and new content formats.
BBC’s Design and Engineering division works in partnership with BBC Children's to deliver amazing digital experiences that inform, educate, entertain and inspire the nation's children.
To help us make the next generation of inspiring products and services on mobile, tablet and PC we're looking for an experienced and pro-active Senior Software Engineer.
Role Responsibility
As a member of the Children's App team you will be expected to work collaboravitey within a cross-functional team to create, build and maintain many BBC Children's Mobile Apps. Some of our existing apps include; CBeebies Playtime Island, CBeebies Storytime and Go CBBC.
The role will include the following activities:
• Build, design and deliver high quality, high volume, high availability and high performance solutions in line with the guidance and best practices of the department
• Daily liaison with the product owner, technical lead and design teams to ensure the definition, design and development of new features run smoothly
• Be responsible for work quality, ensuring it meets the technical standards for all BBC D&E output
• Develop, test, release and document features using software engineering best-practices to ensure timely delivery and ease of maintenance
• Provide time and resource estimates to assist in the planning of projects
• Provide technical advice to the editorial and design teams on new application concepts and to establish their feasibility through prototypes
• Develop tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process
• Work closely with operational support teams to ensure technical solutions meet with operational team requirements and standards, particularly in respect of scalability and reliability
• Collaborate effectively with other technical teams and clients of our services to ensure the utmost Audience experience
• Seek for opportunities to employ new technologies, design patterns and methodologies to enhance the applications and service infrastructure of BBC Children's
• Keep abreast of developments in software engineering and technologies particularly related to mobile devices
• Review the work of other team members and to provide assistance as directed
• Assist with training of new team members and trainees as required.
The Ideal Candidate
A successful candidate will be skilled in the following:
• iOS and/or Android development
• iOS (Objective-C, Swift)
• Android & Java
• Writing and maintaining large scale robust production software
• JavaScript
• Testing tools and approaches, including Test Driven Development and test frameworks such as Mocha and Jasmine
• Source control systems such as Git and GitHub
• Adopting a “can do” positive attitude, a willingness to learn and collaborating with colleagues and learn new skills