Job Description

Why this job matters
The Software Engineering Professional subsistence the execution of the software engineering strategy and roadmap that subsistence BT's commercial strategy through cross functional project and technical delivery and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.
This role has the responsibility for developing cloud native applications aligned to judicious vision. The role will work closely with other team members in a fixed capacity squad to build Apps and support cloud native Apps.
What you'll be doing

• As a Software Engineering Professional, you are responsible for the Design and Development of Digital's Judicious Platforms and S/W Systems
• Be a collaborative software engineer delivering features to our internal customers via our cloud product suites.
• Engage in initial feasibility discussions with our customers on all things cloud when needed.
• Support our customers to help unblock issues in the cloud when required.
• Actively engage with the security and compliance teams to ensure what we deliver is fit for purpose.
• Evangelize cloud-first and software engineering principles to our stakeholders.
• Inputting, understanding, and disputing engineering conclusions, and empowering your squad to be autonomous.
• Collaborating with other engineering leaders to contribute to company-wide engineering best practices and standards.
• Providing technical knowledge to consult on significant component(s) of a solution, as well as taking responsibility for the software deliverables.
• Supporting and coaching a team of high performing software engineers and driving continuous improvement across your squad.
• Design, develop and maintain microservices-based applications using AWS services and Architectures.
• Interact with cross-functional teams to understand the business requirements and convert them into effective solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of coding standards
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of a strong engineering culture within the team
• Design and develop APIs to support digital experiences using open source and cloud technology
• Work as part of an agile team to turn complex business needs into elegant solutions
• Conduct design reviews to ensure solutions fit our architecture, security, scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Provide squad level engineering leadership and contribute to our engineering community and standards
• Ensure the continued implementation of a test first approach, and implement the clean architecture principles

Skills

• Strong notions of software engineering, with a focus on large-scale, complex systems.
• Strong experience with Java, Python, shell scripting and spring boot
• Experience of Frontend development, in either React, Javascript, Flutter
• Strong experience with unit test and integration test build with different testing suites.
• Experience with AWS web applications, cloud-native applications, and cloud-based applications. AWS Certification, AWS Certified Developer is preferred.
• Experience of PostgreSQL database development and administration is desirable.
• Experience in developing microservices-based applications with API standardization
• Good understanding on CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and understanding on Agile software development methodologies
• Experience designing microservices architecture and building RESTful web services and GraphQL
• Knowledge of web security, application security, web services security, common vulnerability remediation, certificate management.

Experience required

• Experience implementing and optimising Agile Processes
• Expertise in cost optimization and implementing cost-effective solutions with AWS services.
• Expertise in collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, subject matter experts, and Architects.

About us
BT Group was the world's first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK's most recognised and cherished brands - BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK's largest and most successful digital infrastructure project - connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK's best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country's biggest infrastructure companies.
Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.
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.
We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.
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