Software Engineer in Manchester

Job Purpose Responsible for implementing effective software and tools for given designs. Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities Develop effective software that meets given specifications. Review and give feedback on others' code. Write tests using automated test-driven techniques for ensure code quality. Integrate the software with monitoring and support tools. Support system integration in its operating environment. Write and review technical documentation. Help troubleshoot and resolve issues throughout the product life cycle, including out of hours support for incident resolution. Participate in the team's agile planning and delivery process. 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. Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience Essential Experience writing and maintaining robust production software. Competence in one or more mainstream development languages and frameworks. Competence with one or more mainstream development and deployment tool chains(Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Source Code Control System (SCCS), Continuous Integration (CI . Knowledge of the web architecture and key technologies (Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Domain Name System (DNS), distributed design). Competence in test driven development and broader testing and QA concerns. Competence in developing for operational concerns (monitoring integration, performance testing, security considerations). Experience of project working and professional software development processes, including agile Collaboration within a team - ability to speak up, challenge, agree and commit. Desirable Experience of database design and use in software applications. Takes responsibility for delivering tasks to completion. Understanding of designing and implementing for non-functional concerns. Worked in a professional software development environment on several projects (including experience in testing, design and release). Experience of releasing software to a production use case. Participated in reviews and inspections of code. Software Engineering or Computer Science Degree or equivalent Job Impact Scope Finance: No financial responsibility. Line Management: No line management responsibility. Ad-hoc Teams:Participates in departmental hack days and external ad-hoc events (typically 5 to 20 members). About the BBC The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.