Job description
Software Engineering Specialist
The Software Engineer independently executes advanced activities to deliver the engineering strategy and roadmap that supports BT's commercial strategy through cross-functional business partnering and the participation of a team that pursues innovation as well as engineering excellence.
- Delivers the engineering strategy in ensuring the engineering organisation's ability to deliver high quality on time and on budget and implementing means of bringing measurability as well as predictability to the engineering organisation's capabilities
- Executes complex technical decisions, technology choices and architecture for a wide range of high-performance products, capabilities, and platforms, effectively balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation
- Resolves complex and strategic issues using advanced technical knowledge, across the wider industry and/or specific sectors, and develops bespoke or leading edge, technically complex solutions (e.g., relating to new, un[1]tested technology and/or large-scale impact of products)
- Executes and contributes to the development of the ambitious and compelling technical roadmap to meet the needs of the business, engineering team, and partner teams
- Executes engineering and operational excellence initiatives, implementing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement
- Drives an engineering culture that fosters innovation and creativity while delivering high-quality products with predictability and reliability
- Writes, tests and reviews code, refining and rewriting as necessary independently and communicates to engineering professionals and colleagues involved in the project
- Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project, performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting when necessary
- Plays a positive contributor role in the software engineering organisation, implementing the technical vision and the pursuit of innovations regarding new technologies, platforms and applications
- Evaluates, implements and maintains high-quality tools and complex automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity
- Implements new architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale enterprise systems
- Experience with developing geospatial solutions and their applicability to Optimisation problems in the telecom industry.
- Demonstrated track record of quickly learning new paradigms which fit modern SE needs and using them effectively.
- Demonstrated experience in applying Agile Software development processes.
- Demonstrated experience designing systems to fit distributed infrastructures and client[1]server architectures.
- Knowledge of testing tools and techniques.
- Experience in architecting scalable solutions to problem solver solving in the telecom industry.
- Demonstrated experience creating secure RESTful APIs with a strong focus on Java Spring Boot.
- Experience with NodeJS/TypeScript and Python. MANDATORY – Experience in large-scale system integrations.
- Experience with productionasing cloud[1]based applications.
- Familiar with highly regulated business operations and regulatory bodies.
- Familiar with consuming ML models and API’s
Leading inclusively
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
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.
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.