BBC Software Engineering Graduate Scheme

BBC Software Engineering Graduate Scheme Closing date: 23:59 hrs on Sunday the 14th December 2025 About the Scheme Our two‑year Software Engineering Graduate Scheme offers four six‑month rotations across different teams and technologies. Roles can be based in our London, Salford, Newcastle or Glasgow tech hubs, giving you the chance to gain hands‑on experience with products such as BBC iPlayer, BBC News, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport and BBC Bitesize. You’ll work with technologies including JavaScript, Python, Scala, AWS, Java, Kotlin and Swift, while learning from industry experts and accessing world‑class training through the BBC Academy. This scheme is designed for individuals with some software development experience and provides an in‑depth opportunity to contribute to a range of BBC digital products while developing your skills across multiple teams and disciplines. Programme Pathway Your first rotation will be assigned based on your existing experience, giving you a strong foundation from day one. You’ll then choose your next three rotations, allowing you to tailor the scheme to your interests and career goals. Across your placements, you’ll gain hands‑on experience in a range of areas, including cloud computing, machine learning, front‑end and back‑end development, security, and API development. Throughout the scheme, you’ll receive continuous training and support through the BBC Academy and other learning platforms, helping you build both your technical and professional skills. Your Contributions & Role Responsibilities Software quality and craftsmanship: apply strong engineering principles to write clean, modern, and maintainable code that contributes to high‑quality, reliable products. Collaborative development: work closely with others through practices such as pair programming and code reviews, thriving in a supportive and highly collaborative engineering culture. Problem‑solving and delivery: tackle technical challenges with a logical, solution‑focused mindset, creating efficient and scalable outcomes that improve user experience. Clear communication: share ideas, ask questions, and communicate progress effectively to ensure smooth teamwork across multidisciplinary groups. Continuous learning: stay proactive in developing your skills, adopting new tools, techniques, and methodologies to continuously enhance the quality of the codebase and engineering practice. Eligibility Criteria You must be 18 years of age or older by 14th September 2026. You must have the legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the programme. If you hold a visa, please supply the relevant visa details as part of your application process. You must be able to start the programme in September 2026. Please indicate your preferred location in your application. Roles are based in London, Glasgow, Salford or Newcastle, on a hybrid working arrangement. What we’re looking for Motivation: You can clearly articulate why you want to join the BBC Software Engineering Graduate Scheme and what you hope to contribute and learn. Technical experience: You bring practical coding experience—whether self‑taught, gained through a Computer Science degree or equivalent qualification, or developed via a coding bootcamp. Collaboration: You have experience working effectively as part of a team and enjoy contributing to shared goals in a supportive environment. Quality mindset: You demonstrate an ability to write clean, maintainable code and show an understanding of good software quality practices. We encourage all applicants to ensure their responses are authentic and reflective of their own experiences, skills and motivations. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer. 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr