Software Engineering Team Lead
Permanent - Full Time Location: London, GB, W12 7TP Job Closing Date: 08/01/2025 Salary:
£66,000-£76,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. Contract Type:
Permanent Location:
London - This is a hybrid role, balancing office working with home working. THE ROLE
Are you looking for a role that builds on your experience of engineering systems? Are you keen to lead, grow and develop a team of talented engineers? Do you strive to create an environment in which people can flourish and be their best? 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. Main Responsibilities
The Software Engineering Team Lead is a hybrid role mixing technical knowledge with people management skills. You will lead a team of software engineers and be accountable for their output and the technical direction of their work. Lead a team in delivering engineering upgrades and improvement initiatives. 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. Develop team members through coaching, mentoring, and providing practical guidance. Mediate and resolve conflict when necessary. Foster collaborative working relationships with product and delivery managers. Act as an escalation point for the team. Identify training requirements and produce plans to address them. Proactively improve systems and add efficiency to current processes. Manage resource needs of the team, leading recruitment as required. Contribute to the wider Media Services technical strategy. Mentor and support less experienced peers. Are you the right candidate?
Able to adapt to the needs of a changing organisation. Open-minded and willing to challenge the status quo. Capable of leading, supporting, and developing a multi-skilled team of software engineers. Flexible to manage a large workload with changing priorities. Understands the architecture of modern backend systems and data management. Comfortable with modern ways of working such as Agile, DevOps, SRE. Able to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Manages stakeholder demand and organises the team to maintain focus on priorities. Demonstrable experience in managing a team of at least 7 engineers. Strong operational knowledge of AWS tooling and services. DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge, and experience required for satisfactory performance.
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Permanent - Full Time Location: London, GB, W12 7TP Job Closing Date: 08/01/2025 Salary:
£66,000-£76,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. Contract Type:
Permanent Location:
London - This is a hybrid role, balancing office working with home working. THE ROLE
Are you looking for a role that builds on your experience of engineering systems? Are you keen to lead, grow and develop a team of talented engineers? Do you strive to create an environment in which people can flourish and be their best? 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. Main Responsibilities
The Software Engineering Team Lead is a hybrid role mixing technical knowledge with people management skills. You will lead a team of software engineers and be accountable for their output and the technical direction of their work. Lead a team in delivering engineering upgrades and improvement initiatives. 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. Develop team members through coaching, mentoring, and providing practical guidance. Mediate and resolve conflict when necessary. Foster collaborative working relationships with product and delivery managers. Act as an escalation point for the team. Identify training requirements and produce plans to address them. Proactively improve systems and add efficiency to current processes. Manage resource needs of the team, leading recruitment as required. Contribute to the wider Media Services technical strategy. Mentor and support less experienced peers. Are you the right candidate?
Able to adapt to the needs of a changing organisation. Open-minded and willing to challenge the status quo. Capable of leading, supporting, and developing a multi-skilled team of software engineers. Flexible to manage a large workload with changing priorities. Understands the architecture of modern backend systems and data management. Comfortable with modern ways of working such as Agile, DevOps, SRE. Able to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences. Manages stakeholder demand and organises the team to maintain focus on priorities. Demonstrable experience in managing a team of at least 7 engineers. Strong operational knowledge of AWS tooling and services. DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge, and experience required for satisfactory performance.
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