Software Engineer |Web Developer|

BBC is hiring for the role of Software Engineer (Web Developer)!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:
• Build technical solutions to meet the requirements of the local design and editorial team.
• Assess the technical feasibility of projects and give realistic time estimations for the work required.
• Escalate any technical queries and all technical designs where new or innovative approaches are being used for review to the wider technical team.
• Liaise with the wider Software development team in BBC News to ensure that all deployments to the live servers are peer-reviewed and managed via GitHub with a London-based Lead Developer across the process.

Requirements :
• Excellent front-end web development skills such as
• HTML: Semantic markup patterns for flexible reuse and accessibility
• CSS: Good understanding of modern techniques such as Responsive Web Design, and recent CSS advances such as Flexbox but also supporting legacy browsers
• JavaScript: Excellent JavaScript programming skills, with knowledge of developing large, modular applications. Ability to write in ES6, and an appreciation of backwards-compatible / cross-browser JavaScript
• Using progressive enhancement and mobile-first approaches to create experiences that work everywhere and for everyone
• Accessibility – support all browsers with core content, ensure compliance with screen readers, in accordance with WAI standards, etc.
• Great understanding of UX concerns. We want smart devs who can provide valuable feedback to designers to improve wireframes and designs
• Ability to create production-ready code with tests in PHP, Ruby, Python or NodeJS (training will be provided if you don’t know PHP or NodeJS)
• Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and consuming RESTful web services via HTTP
• Experience working in an agile or collaborative way
• Familiarity with using GitHub workflows
• A level of familiarity with AWS or similar Cloud Infrastructure and associated tooling.