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    Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you will be part of a team who are shaping the future of Audio at the BBC?

    If you value being given the time, support and training to grow your technical and interpersonal skills, we have the role for you.

    The Content and Content Metadata area in BBC Sounds are looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join the Common Catalogue team.

    As the Common Catalogue team, we develop and continuously improve a single source of metadata that powers the Sounds product and enables integrations with internal and external partners.

    We value our engineers and offer regular training and development opportunities, as well as ‘10% time’ allowing dedicated time for self-improvement, learning and innovation.

    We are a collaborative and supportive team who care about each other and promote a healthy work-life balance through hybrid working.

    Interview process

    • Technical pair programming task for shortlisted candidates – approx. one hour
    • Virtual interview on MS Teams – approx. one hour of technical and values-based questions

    Main responsibilities

    • Collaborate with engineers in the team to develop, enhance and maintain code within the Common Catalogue repository
    • Participate in code reviews
    • Assist in the deployment of code changes to the Dev and Live environments
    • Assist in troubleshooting and debugging any issues that may arise

    Are you the right candidate?

    • Proficiency in a programming language, preferably JavaScript or Typescript
    • Experience developing in the cloud, preferably on AWS
    • Experience with unit testing
    • Working knowledge of CI/CD and other DevOps principles and practices
    • Understanding of operational practices, such as monitoring/observability
    • Strong communication and Collaboration skills
    • Curiosity and an appetite to learn

    Additional information

    We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

    Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

    Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

    Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

    If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

    Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.