Software Engineering Specialist

Why this job matters

The Software Engineering Specialist independently executes advanced activities to deliver the engineering strategy and roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.

Leads the architectural design and implementation of complex requirements across datacentre automation and connectivity
Acts as technical lead and coach to the rest of the team
Drives best practice in agility, TDD, deployment pipelines coding practice and containerisation
Breaks down highly complex processes and business needs into well defined specifications that drive delivery
Provides high quality, working software that enables BT to deliver effectively for customers

What you’ll be doing

Creates and implements technical solutions for a domain or cross domains / portfolios of work within a specific technology area autonomously, understanding how solutions impact systems internally and/or externally and assessing impact of change.
Delivers resolutions to problems that tend to be complex, cross-domain or of high impact to customers.
Identifies opportunities to improve standards of practice within a project, continuously enhancing ways of working.
Provides sound technical expertise to consult on significant component(s) of a technical solution within a specific domain or cross domain.
Provides technical quality assurance over work of other engineers through matrix team structure.
Responsible for software engineering Integration patterns across a wide variety of SaaS, IaaS and PaaS based applications.
Leading a squad of cross functional developers and QA focussed on the build of strategic Integration capabilities using ReSTful API and Microservices.
Accountable for cloud native deployment architecture for Integration components, with a focus on highly scalable and resilient architectures. 
Create, maintain and regularly iterate a roadmap and backlog for Integration squad.
Set-up operational monitoring and reporting with engagement from DevOps squad for new IT Integration stack.
Regularly seek feedback from users and use the feedback, coupled with quantitative data to iterate rapidly.
Responsible for unlocking and delivering benefits / efficiencies in the squad, with assistance of the squad members as required.
Contribute to the wider software engineering community.

Skills

Architecture and solutions design: skills in architecture definition and solutions design involving multiple components across architectural domains.
Integration key areas: Knowledge of ReSTful API, Microservices, SOA web services, messaging and event driven architectures.
API security aspects: Strong knowledge of authentication and identity related technologies and protocols is an advantage – e.g. OIDC, OAuth2.
Web technologies and containerisation: Java Spring, Docker, Kubernetes and with a heavy focus on automation and CI/CD practises. Experience working BPM & tools. GIT versioning.
Agile software engineering: strong skills and experience building software in an agile team.
User story decomposition and management ability to take a complex design and break down into features, stories and tasks – working with the Agile SCRUM team to ensure a quality backlog with well-defined acceptance criteria that can be engineered.
Reflect and learn constantly, and have a growth mindset - Build, measure, learn
IT experience of the Enterprise telco business with specialist knowledge in at least one of Fixed & Mobile products, networks, sales, service, marketing, digital experiences.
Understanding of API and Data monetisation options
Experience in Cloud Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation would be ideal.
Product owner certification
Cloud certifications such as AWS solutions architect.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Benefits

Annual On target bonus 10% (personal and company multipliers)
BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Life Assurance
Direct share scheme
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’