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Senior Software Engineer (Ruby)
- Job Ref. No
- 864145
- Location
- London - Media Centre
- Contract Type
- Attachment/Fixed Term
- Contract Duration
- 12 months
- Job Category:
- New Media & Technology
- Closing date for applications
- 9 September 2012 at 11:59pm
Department
As a Senior Software Engineer (Ruby) with a proven track record of designing complex, maintainable and well-documented applications coupled with significant experience of leading teams of software engineers in an agile environment, you will be in your element in our Internet Research and Future Services group, part of our world-class BBC Research & Development (R&D) department.
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The Internet Research and Future Services builds prototypes, develops original research and solves problems. We work across most digital platforms and all BBC services by combining emerging technologies with anticipated user needs to develop applied research. We believe that the best way to think about ideas and problems is to create things and develop concrete examples - we do this to learn, influence and shape.
Our work has a particular focus on the internet and on user experiences. Right now, for instance, were particularly interested in discovery of content within large collections, personalisation and identity on the web, innovative user interfaces and reminders/bookmarks on connected TVs and radios, but new challenges are always emerging.
We always have an exciting and diverse set of projects on the go and you can read more about our work on the BBC R&D blog (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/)
Our work has a particular focus on the internet and on user experiences. Right now, for instance, were particularly interested in discovery of content within large collections, personalisation and identity on the web, innovative user interfaces and reminders/bookmarks on connected TVs and radios, but new challenges are always emerging.
We always have an exciting and diverse set of projects on the go and you can read more about our work on the BBC R&D blog (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/)
Role
Internet Research and Future Services is a multi-disciplinary team within R&D department. As the leader of a small team of software engineers you will manage the technical development of a variety of different projects. As an example you would be responsible for the technical design and development of both client-facing and backend features that enhance and extend the BBC Snippets project which enables search within a large archive of BBC content.
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You will be expected to:
Lead and line manage a small team of software engineers, provide mentoring and assistance as required
Design, develop, test, release and document complex systems using agile software development best practices to ensure timely service delivery and ease of maintenance
Work with colleagues and institutions across the BBC and outside to develop new features and functionality
Translate requirements into clear, achievable technical goals
Provide time and resource estimates to assist in the planning of projects
Provide technical advice to the editorial and design teams on new application concepts and to help establish their feasibility
Write maintainable, reliable and well-documented code
Collaborate effectively with R&D colleagues to exploit new technologies and enhance applications and service infrastructure
Understand existing systems and how to enhance them with new features
Keep abreast of and contribute to developments in software engineering, machine learning, free/open source software and related technologies
Develop tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process
Lead and line manage a small team of software engineers, provide mentoring and assistance as required
Design, develop, test, release and document complex systems using agile software development best practices to ensure timely service delivery and ease of maintenance
Work with colleagues and institutions across the BBC and outside to develop new features and functionality
Translate requirements into clear, achievable technical goals
Provide time and resource estimates to assist in the planning of projects
Provide technical advice to the editorial and design teams on new application concepts and to help establish their feasibility
Write maintainable, reliable and well-documented code
Collaborate effectively with R&D colleagues to exploit new technologies and enhance applications and service infrastructure
Understand existing systems and how to enhance them with new features
Keep abreast of and contribute to developments in software engineering, machine learning, free/open source software and related technologies
Develop tools and methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the development process
Requirements
Essential
Proven track record of designing and building from start to finish complex, maintainable and well-documented applications using a combination of web frontends, service-oriented architecture and background processing over short time scales
Excellent command of, and passion for, the Ruby programming language and expertise and experience in at least one other major programming language
Proven track record of establishing and developing best practices in a production setting, in particular the use of source control, well-defined deployment practices, testing, quality assurance, issue management, monitoring and capacity planning
Significant experience of software engineering in an agile environment (demonstrated by examples)
Enthusiastic supporter and user of open source technologies
Proven track record of successful technical project leadership, line management and mentoring
Desirable
Experience with GNU/Linux systems administration, C/C++, Redis, Resque, FFmpeg, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, message queue architectures and git
Knowledge of speech recognition techniques and audio analysis
Experience of television and radio technologies
Experience of contributing to open source projects
Expertise in transcoding and streaming audio/video
Experience of machine learning theory and the development of working production systems that use these techniques.
Knowledge of open-source search platforms
Additional Information
This role is a salaried PAYE (not a day rate contract) fixed term contract role.
Please upload your CV as well as providing any links to any open-source projects that you have worked on.
Please also address in detail the requirements of the role by writing a comprehensive answer to the application question on our careers site. Your application will not be considered without a detailed and tailored answer.
Proven track record of designing and building from start to finish complex, maintainable and well-documented applications using a combination of web frontends, service-oriented architecture and background processing over short time scales
Excellent command of, and passion for, the Ruby programming language and expertise and experience in at least one other major programming language
Proven track record of establishing and developing best practices in a production setting, in particular the use of source control, well-defined deployment practices, testing, quality assurance, issue management, monitoring and capacity planning
Significant experience of software engineering in an agile environment (demonstrated by examples)
Enthusiastic supporter and user of open source technologies
Proven track record of successful technical project leadership, line management and mentoring
Desirable
Experience with GNU/Linux systems administration, C/C++, Redis, Resque, FFmpeg, Scala, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, message queue architectures and git
Knowledge of speech recognition techniques and audio analysis
Experience of television and radio technologies
Experience of contributing to open source projects
Expertise in transcoding and streaming audio/video
Experience of machine learning theory and the development of working production systems that use these techniques.
Knowledge of open-source search platforms
Additional Information
This role is a salaried PAYE (not a day rate contract) fixed term contract role.
Please upload your CV as well as providing any links to any open-source projects that you have worked on.
Please also address in detail the requirements of the role by writing a comprehensive answer to the application question on our careers site. Your application will not be considered without a detailed and tailored answer.
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