Description
Join the BBC as a Software Engineer Apprentice, working on the Audio Content Metadata (ACM) team, responsible for managing metadata that powers BBC audio services, including BBC Sounds.
As a Software Engineer apprentice, you will gain hands-on experience in developing, maintaining, and improving backend services, working alongside experienced engineers.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop your understanding of software engineering principles and apply them to all stages of the solution development life cycle.
- Gain hands-on experience in the BBC's software engineering teams.
- Contribute to modernising existing systems and developing new capabilities.
- Explore considerations and tackle troubleshooting concerns, guided by your team.
Benefits:
- Industry-recognised qualification.
- Excellent career and professional development.
- Fair pay and flexible benefits, including a competitive salary package, a 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave, and a defined pension scheme.
- Dedicated Team Manager and Scheme Specialist to help with your development.
- Training and Mentoring by industry professionals.
Eligibility criteria:
- Be 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins.
- Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
- Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship.
- Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme.
- Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or a higher level than this apprenticeship.
- Have maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification.
- Have some experience of coding and/or software engineering.