Senior Web Developer

THIS JOB HAS NOW EXPIRED.

Are you an experienced Senior Web Developer? We are looking for a self-starter with the ability to take on a range of hard and intriguing challenges. You'll be helping shape the technical implementation of our product, and ensuring what we produce meets the level of quality we aspire to. This is a great opportunity to help shape a team whose delivery will have a major influence in the industry sector, and be seen by a huge audience.

As part of the Radio and Music Product Team in Future Media you will be working alongside our radio networks (e.g. Radio 1, Radio 2 etc.) to deliver innovative and exciting online experiences around the best radio content in the world. The team is responsible for the radio network homepages (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1), music event sites (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/events/efmhzc) and the BBC's online music offering (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/). We work in an agile environment, with several Scrum teams developing new features for release each sprint. Our goal is to develop imaginative and engaging new features for our product portfolio, delivering across multiple devices without compromising on quality, standards and accessibility, serving our 4m+ weekly unique audience and driving up audience reach.

As a Senior Web Developer you will build object-orientated applications using PHP, Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3. You will encourage and drive Test/Behaviour Driven Development and ensure best practice is being followed within the Engineering team. You will mentor and coach less experienced members of the team and advise Product Managers and Project managers technically. You will also provide time and resource estimates to assist in the planning of projects and to advise on strategic technology issues.

Closing date: 29 August 2012.