Software Engineering Manager (Data Platform)

Job Package

Job Reference:24211

Band: E

Salary: £95,000-£110,000k depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Permanent role

Location: Office Base is Newcastle, Salford or London.

Job Introduction

We want the BBC to be as renowned for the quality of its engineering as it is for the quality of its content. We aspire to be the best so that we can engineer outstanding digital products, at scale. Working here in an engineering role means being part of a world-class team and a chance to do the most meaningful work of your career

The BBC’s digital products play a key role in our mission to inform, educate and entertain the audience. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Data Engineering team.

The BBC offers an inclusive workplace where the principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity, and autonomy are promoted and are part of our everyday goals and behaviour. We select candidates for our positions based on merit and as an equal opportunity employer we value diversity and all the benefits it brings

Interview process

Two stage interview process

• 1st stage - Virtual interview approx. one hour of technical and values-based questions. Interviews expected to begin the week 7th July 2025.
• 2nd stage - Technical Interview
  
  

Job Description

As the Engineering Manager for the Insights Tooling team within BBC’s Data Platform, you will lead up to 50 engineers, including Software Engineering Team Leads and Principal Engineers, to transform siloed analytics solutions into a unified, API-driven platform on AWS. Your work will empower teams across the

BBC—from journalists to executives—to make data-informed decisions by delivering scalable, user-friendly data products.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Product, and UX leaders to drive technical excellence while fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and best practices in data engineering.

Main Responsibilities

Platform Leadership: Architect and deliver scalable, API-first analytics solutions, enabling seamless data access across the BBC.

• Full-Stack Ownership: Oversee development of:
• Frontend applications (React, TypeScript, Node.js) for intuitive data visualization.
• Backend systems for large-scale data ingestion, processing (AWS), storage, and management (e.g., NoSQL like MongoDB).
• Engineering Excellence: Champion DevOps, observability, and CI/CD practices to ensure reliability, performance, and data quality.
• Team Growth: Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent, fostering leadership within your teams.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Product, UX, and Delivery teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Inclusive Culture: Cultivate a diverse, psychologically safe environment where teams thrive.
  
  

Are you the right candidate?

You are a data-savvy engineering leader with a proven record of building high-impact platforms and teams. You bring:

Technical Expertise

• Proven experience designing large-scale data platforms (AWS, APIs, cloud-native architectures).
• Strong grasp of modern data engineering (ETL, warehousing, real-time processing) and full-stack development (React, Node.js).
• Operational rigor in DevOps/SRE practices (monitoring, scalability, incident management).
  
  

Leadership & Collaboration

• Success leading 50+ engineers, including managers and principals, in agile environments.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical strategy, balancing innovation with pragmatism.
• Passion for mentoring teams and advocating for inclusive, user-centric engineering practices.
  
  

Stakeholder Impact

• Experience driving cross-functional alignment in complex organizations.
• Focus on audience-first outcomes, using experimentation and data to guide decisions.
  
  

Why Join the BBC?

• Build products that inform, educate, and entertain millions of users worldwide.
• Work alongside talented peers who share your passion for public service media.
• Competitive benefits, flexible working, and opportunities for growth and innovation.
  
  

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

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 a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.