Software Engineering Team Lead, BBC
Media Service
News and entertainment broadcasting corporation
Job no longer available
News and entertainment broadcasting corporation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality, and distinctive output and services that inform, educate and entertain.
Role
Who you are
- You will be a current or aspiring technology leader who has a passion for leading world class engineering teams and developing, guiding, and mentoring people
- Be open-minded and willing to challenge the status quo
- Be capable of leading, supporting and developing a multi-skilled team of software engineers
- Have the flexibility to manage a large workload with changing priorities
- Understands the architecture of modern backend systems and how data is managed and served across the internet
- Be comfortable with modern ways of working such as Agile, DevOps, SRE
- Able to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
- Able to challenge technical ideas and jargon
- Manages stakeholder demand and organises the team to maintain focus on priorities
- Effectively communication with colleagues and stakeholders ensuring alignment with the wider BBC engineering community
What the job involves
- The Media Services team is responsible for all streaming across the BBC estate, whether you're watching a show on iPlayer or listening to a podcast on Sounds
- Our systems utilise cloud services to prepare and deliver content in the right format and at the right quality for user devices to play smoothly and reliably. We provide a scalable, resilient, highly available infrastructure that millions of people rely on every day
- We are currently looking for a talented Software Engineering Team Lead
- You will be supported by the senior leadership within your area to enable you to build and develop your team and the people within it
- The BBC has a vision to be a modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that derives the most value from the licence fee and delivers the best for audiences. Our backend engineering teams are a vital part of this strategy building efficient, reliable, sustainable services capable of serving content efficiently at scale
- The Software Engineering Team Lead is a hybrid role mixing technical knowledge with people management skills. Within this role you will lead a team of software engineers and be accountable for their output and the technical direction of their work
- Oversee day-to-day team operations ensuring adequate resource for KTLO, project, and internal initiatives
- Create a culture that boosts morale, motivation, and general well-being of team members
- Own a technical roadmap prioritising clear goals and objectives
- Developing team members through coaching, mentoring, and providing practical guidance
- Able to mediate and resolve conflict when the situation demands
- Foster collaborative working relationships with product and delivery managers to ensure requirements are met and delivered accurately
- Act as an escalation point for the team
- Identify training requirements of the team and produce plans to remedy
- Proactively look to improve systems and add efficiency to current process and procedures
- Manage the resource needs of the team leading recruitment and working with third parties as required
- Contribute to the wider Media Services technical strategy
- Ensure all solutions that the team is responsible for are documented and adequately maintained and supported
- Mentor and support less experienced peers across the area
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Large-scale broadcasters are often associated with presenting biased information, leading people to feel distrustful of news programs and other digital media. Today's digital landscape of interconnectivity provides more information and media than ever before which has resulted in a rise in "fake news" and media distrust, yet such technology could be used to provide neutral news, entertainment, and education across any channel.
BBC provides news, educational, and entertainment broadcasting, focussing on presenting information with a neutral stance without bias. Whilst initially focussed on TV and radio, the company is transitioning towards digital formats, providing on-demand content across its iPlayer streaming platform, its BBC mobile app, and social media accounts.
Whilst growing awareness of misinformation and distrust in media presents a significant challenge for BBC, the company shows great promise to stand this test of time due to its historic approach to eradicating bias from broadcasting. Furthermore, the company’s move towards a digital-first approach shows great potential to sustain modern audience engagement, whilst still appealing to older viewers with original TV and radio offerings.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Marylebone, London, UK
Leadership
Tim Davie
(CEO)Experience as Director of BBC Audio & Music.
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