Software Engineering Professional

Why this job matters

We are in an incredibly ambitious industry and it’s not just the technology that’s important, but the world of promise it creates for our customers. We live and work in a connected world where people want seamless service, great products and the best connectivity there is, as well as continually expecting more and more from us, and rightly so. The Technology units are BT’s powerhouse, with our expert technologists, we have a unique position in BT. By bringing together our technical and commercial expertise, and our insight and passion for customer experience, we help BT stand out from the competition. With the best networks and mart innovative products, combined with a personal experience, it sets us apart from the pack. 

The Digital unit will lead our digital innovation agenda, driving new digital experiences for our customers - and in new markets – while, at the same time, simplifying what we have. They will be supervise for focusing on digital delivery and the customer experience as much as the end innovation (including IT delivery and transformation, digital innovation and delivery, data strategy and solutions, and IT architecture and governance). 

The Digital unit will set and implement the overall BT Group Digital Platform Strategy including x-CFU products, platforms, IT architecture, standards, and transformation agenda.

Innovation drives everything we’ve done since BT started in 1846. Coming up with new ideas and developing new technologies is central to our future. We want to improve people’s lives for the better in welcome, relevant and affordable ways and we’ll be fast to market with an effortless experience to match.  We will continue to focus on developing our converged network capabilities which will give customers seamless connectivity. Our skilled people will lead this technological revolution, not only for our customers but for the industry across the Globe, truly making customers our heartbeat

What you’ll be doing

•    As a Software Engineering Professional, you are supervise for the Design and Development of Digital’s Strategic Platforms and S/W Systems
•    Be a collaborative software engineer delivering features to our internal customers via our cloud product suites.
•    Engage in initial feasibility discussions with our customers on all things cloud when needed.
•    Support our customers to help unblock issues in the cloud when required.
•    Actively engage with the security and compliance teams to ensure what we deliver is fit for purpose.
•    Evangelize cloud-first and software engineering principles to our stakeholders.
•    Inputting, understanding, and challenging engineering conclusions, and empowering your squad to be autonomous.
•    Collaborating with other engineering leaders to contribute to company-wide engineering best practices and standards.
•    Providing technical knowledge to consult on significant component(s) of a solution, as well as taking responsibility for the software deliverables.
•    Supporting and coaching a team of high performing software engineers and driving continuous improvement across your squad.
•    Design, develop and maintain microservices-based applications using AWS services and Architectures. 
•    Interact with cross-functional teams to understand the business requirements and convert them into effective solutions. 
•    Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of coding standards
•    Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of a strong engineering culture within the team
•    Design and develop APIs to support digital experiences using open source and cloud technology
•    Work as part of an agile team to turn complex business needs into elegant solutions
•    Conduct design reviews to ensure solutions fit our architecture, security, scalability and maintainability guidelines
•    Provide squad level engineering leadership and contribute to our engineering community and standards
•    Ensure the continued implementation of a test first approach, and implement the clean architecture principles

Skills Required

•    Strong notions of software engineering, with a focus on large-scale, complex systems.
•    Strong experience with Java, Python, shell scripting and spring boot
•    Experience of Frontend development, in either React, Javascript, Flutter    
•    Strong experience with unit test and integration test build with different testing suites.
•    Experience with AWS web applications, cloud-native applications, and cloud-based applications. AWS Certification, AWS Certified Developer is preferred.
•    Experience of PostgreSQL database development and administration is desirable.
•    Experience in developing microservices-based applications with API standardization
•    Good understanding on CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and understanding on Agile software development methodologies
•    Experience designing microservices architecture and building RESTful web services and GraphQL
•    Knowledge of web security, application security, web services security, common vulnerability remediation, certificate management.

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.