About Bbc Studios

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

About Production Toolkit

We work across TV and Content Production to deliver effective web applications to enable continuous improvement within the BBC Group. To do this we require a talented, enthusiastic developer that has good technical understanding and has experience working in an agile team on web products.

We are a small and busy team, who like to work together to deliver applications that exceed our customer’s expectations. The work can be varied, taking you from a story continuity application to an event-planning tool, and working with clients such as EastEnders, Doctor Who, and The Antiques Roadshow.

We use Angular (TypeScript), JavaScript, PHP (Laravel), MySQL, HTML, and CSS. Our applications are currently targeted at desktop browsers (but in the future, we will target mobile sites as well); to date, we have built 11 web applications.

THE ROLE

You’ll be working closely with the Senior Product Manager, Senior Software Engineer, and the rest of the dev team to build and maintain a mixture of new applications and improve/enhance the existing ones.

You'll join a team of 4 developers, plus a Senior Tester and a Junior Business Analyst. This is a team effort with everyone having a part to play and a voice to shape the products we make.

We are looking for someone with web development experience, who also has experience working in an agile team using agile rituals and methodologies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement tasks from JIRA for new and existing web applications.
• Work closely with the Senior Software Engineer and the rest of the development team.
• Work closely with the Senior Product Manager and Junior Business Analyst to help shape our applications based on customer feedback.
• Write and develop test cases to support their development, supported by the rest of the team.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Full Stack Web development experience with a preference to focus on back-end.
• Familiarity with JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with PHP and JS frameworks such as Laravel, NodeJS, Angular, or React.
• Exposure to relational or non-relational databases.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

• Typescript experience is a bonus.
• AWS infrastructure experience is a bonus.
• Experience with writing automated tests is a bonus.
• Experience working in an agile team or is eager to learn agile methodologies.
• Experience upgrading applications and/or working on hybrid applications (Laravel PHP to NodeJS or AngularJS to Angular) desirable.
• Experience working in or with TV production desirable.

Package Description

Job Reference: 19292

Band: C

Salary: £42,400 - £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. London Weighting Allowance is offered alongside base salary. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: London, TVC (This is a hybrid role, office and work from home).

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?

• We offer a competitive salary package.
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance.
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days.
• A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym, and much more.
• Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops, and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation.

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

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 here.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce that represents the audiences we serve and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair, and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest, we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.