Software Engineering Specialist - Adastral Park, Ipswich

BT Plc.

Software Engineering Specialist - Adastral Park, Ipswich

Salary Not Specified

BT Plc., Westbourne, Ipswich

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 64896dd6b5e84a80aeef5b32400c990e

Full Job Description

This is an incredible opportunity to make a difference to EE TV and the broadband platform to enhance the experience of millions of our users.

You'll be part of an agile software engineering team, working in a friendly environment where you'll have the autonomy to use your innovative ideas to develop and deliver network application services. You will also be helping the team with defining roadmaps and shaping the future of EE TV.

The team environment is open to using new tools & technologies and gives you opportunities for continuous learning, and continuous development.

This team supports

  • The EE TV platform, the EE TV STB solution, and the EE TV companion apps.

  • The broadcast platform which carries live TV channels for the BBC, ITV, Sky and TNT Sports

  • Our data pipelines to generate all the analytics we need to manage TV


  • If you have software engineering experience and ability to pick up new technologies, then this could be an excellent opportunity for you.,
  • Deliver software solutions and have a solid understanding of the importance of clean code, test driven development, shared code ownership, pairing, agile principles, Restful API design and the management of technical debt.

  • Delight customers by delivering rapid agile change while working at a sustainable pace.

  • Work closely with others in your team to deliver reliable and maintainable solutions.

  • Build reliable and well-tested systems.

  • Troubleshoot issues, actively seeking out problems and solving them.

  • Contribute to the software engineering community.

  • Experiment with new technologies to help push the boundaries of what your team is building.

  • Deliver resolutions to problems and projects that tend to be complex, cross-domain or of high impact to customers.

    Following are the technologies that the team is currently using, however we're excited to consider you even if you have experience with different tech stacks:


  • Practices: Test driven development, contract first development, agile development experience, continuous integration, continuous deployment, DevOps, automation

    Technologies: Java, OpenAPI / Swagger, Docker, Kafka, Ansible, Terraform, Python, Node.js, React, Git, Jenkins

    Essential skills required:
  • Extensive Software Engineering experience

  • Ability to pick up new technologies

    We've always been an organisation with purpose; to use the power of communications to make a better world. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world's first telecommunications company. At our heart we're a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.


  • Today in this fast changing, always on, digital world our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulation, and competition we face are tougher than ever before. So, if you have the drive, optimism, and resilience to help propel us forward we'll offer great personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things and pursue new careers. If that's you and what you're looking for, we'd love you to be part of our future, 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. '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.

    Tailored training and development opportunities to continue to build your career
    25 days' annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
    Life Assurance
    Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
    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, including TNT Sports and NOW entertainment
    Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks
    3 volunteering days per year
    Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Careers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network and Pride network, 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.