Broadband Software Engineer

Job Req ID: 25485

Posting Date: 14 May 2024

Function: Software Engineering

Unit: Networks

Location:

Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive

Working Style: 3 days office, 2 days anywhere

Why this job matters

A network is nothing without software.

We’re the Broadband Software team, in BT's Fixed Networks unit. We design, develop and maintain back-end software that keeps BT’s broadband networks running. Our software provides the network its intelligence. We keep track of 10m subscribers on the network and provide APIs to personalise the network for each customer. We also gather and report on metrics to ensure the network provides an excellent service at all times.

We develop applications that provide a broadband experience for our customers at a quality and scale that is unrivalled in the UK. We're also busy developing a new generation of content delivery approaches. These innovative solutions will underpin the future of media distribution for everyone in the UK as part of the industry and consumer migration to an all-IP future for access to the content we all love.

A big focus for the team today is to break down barriers between design, development, delivery and operations by automating our delivery pipeline.

We believe in engineering excellence, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Where possible we provide developers with the tools they need to do their jobs, including a choice of development environment: Mac, Windows or Linux.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead design of new components

• Liaise with vendors to ensure their components meet our specifications

• Represent the team in larger, cross-team projects

• Mentor less-experienced team members

• Design, develop and test software components for the broadband network

• Package software for automated deployment

• Collaborate within an agile framework

• Share knowledge and experience with colleagues

• Develop your own skills and experience

• Investigate new technologies & ways of working

What you'll bring

Essential Skills

• Ability to design a component from scratch

• Demonstrable experience of writing robust software with Java and Python

• Understanding of the role of reliable, repeatable deployment

• Software engineering principles (e.g. data typing, decomposition, reuse)

• An inquisitive and generous mindset

• Creative problem-solving

• Experience of version control / source code management (e.g. git or Subversion)

• Ability to express complex ideas clearly

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocol stack, including RADIUS and SNMP

• Presentation of ideas to external audience

• DevOps - ability to package software for automated, repeatable delivery

• We use these technologies: Java, Python, UNIX Shell scripting, Maven, Docker, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, HashiCorp orchestration products, Grafana, Kafka, Redis, Atlassian suite

Your Benefits

• Competitive salary

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing with service

• 10% on target bonus

• Life Assurance

• Pension scheme

• Direct share scheme

• Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.

• 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans

• Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages

• BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment

• 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans

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.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. As Philip Jansen, our CEO, says ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.