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We’re committed to your skills and talent development. You’ll learn on-the-job, developing your knowledge and skills in an area that interests you, whilst working towards your apprenticeship qualification with one of our learning providers.\nWHY JOIN THIS SCHEME?\nAs an apprentice within our team, you will be right at the heart of the BBC's digital first world, developing and maintaining the systems that audiences rely on every single day.\nImagine this: The code you write helps deliver the suspense of EastEnders on iPlayer, the freshest tracks on Sounds, the minute-by-minute drama of a breaking news story, or the thrill of a live goal on Sport.\nYour Code, Millions of Users\nYour work directly delights millions of people every week. When they tune in to a podcast, catch up on the news, or stream a live event, it's the platform you helped build that makes it happen. \nYou will learn to handle the massive digital challenge of running services that have to be fast, reliable, and available 24/7. \nYou will be working with world class software engineers to evolve the platform, ensuring the BBC remains at the forefront of digital media. \nYou’ve got to be interested now, right?\nWant to find out more? Watch recordings from our webinar series on our Life at the BBC YouTube playlist to learn more about this scheme and other opportunities we offer, and hear from current apprentices about their experiences.\nWHY JOIN THE TEAM?\nPartnerships Team:\nWe are the team behind iPlayer off product discovery. We work with a range of partners from Samsung, LG, Google, Amazon to surface the amazing BBC content that we have on their platforms. We power important services such as continue watching, promotional content, experimentation and we're responsible for providing iPlayer metadata to our partner platforms.\nWe maintain and create core services such as VOD catalogue (the content available for on demand playback), schedules (EPG data for upcoming programming), promotions (automated and manually curated sets of themed content), continue watching (continue watching your last programme from off product).\nWe create services which are used by millions on a wide variety of devices, so no day is never the same! We're the gateway to BBC iPlayer and drive over 20% of traffic directly to the BBC. We are a huge growth area for the BBC, so come join us on an exciting journey!\nIplayer & S TV Engineering Team:\nBBC Search plays a vital role in helping millions of people discover the content they love across BBC iPlayer, Sounds, News, Sport and the wider BBC. Our search platform handles millions of requests every day, and we're passionate about making search smarter, faster and more relevant for our audiences.\nOur engineering team is organised into three squads: Search Catalogue, Search Intent & Retrieval, and Search Ranking, working together to deliver an intelligent, scalable and innovative search experience.\nAs an apprentice, you'll have the opportunity to work with modern technologies, including Apache Solr, OpenSearch, AWS, Python and Java, while gaining hands-on experience in building and improving large-scale search systems.\nYou'll also get exposure to some of the most exciting developments in search technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Natural Language Processing (NLP), semantic search and machine learning. We're exploring innovative ways to understand what audiences are searching for, recognise their intent, handle misspelt queries and deliver more meaningful results.\nSearch Team:\nWe are TV Client and we build iPlayer on TV, serving over 20 million people every month. We have 6 teams in our space that look after a wide variety of different problem spaces.\nThey split them into two types, platform teams who build the interface with TV devices directly and experience teams who use that platform to rapidly experiment on and deliver audience features every day.\nWe use a wide range of technologies but with any new joiner we start small and build up, coaching and supporting every step of the way. If you are interested to learn how TVs work and how we manage to deliver experiences on them come and join us.\nYOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT\nAs a Software Engineer apprentice (SED27), this is a brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute - you will:\nGain hands-on experience in the beating heart of the BBC’s software engineering teams responsible for TV, audio, online, and digital platforms. \nDevelop your understanding of how the BBC’s existing apps and websites are fit for purpose, ranging from analysis, design, code, build, test, implementation, and support. \nDevelop your knowledge and skills on how to apply software engineering principles to all stages of the solution development life cycle, from gathering code and data requirements and ensuring they are secure. \nYou will gain a new understanding on how to ensure the quality and reliability of software through rigorous testing and quality control practices. \nYou will explore considerations and how to tackle troubleshooting concerns, guided by your team. \nYou will play a part in ground-breaking complex projects, in alignment with the BBC’s Digital First strategy, from inception to delivery. \nYou’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on-and-off-the-job. This means on successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be awarded with an Undergraduate Degree (Bachelor of Science with Honours) in Digital and Technology Solutions Professional (Software Engineer pathway) from a UK University, and you will be supported to find a job role within the BBC’s Technology or Product delivery teams.\nFor more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the Software Engineering degree apprenticeship standard.\nYOUR SKILLS AND ELIGIBILITY\nWe’re interested in your passion for working at the BBC and your enthusiasm for delivering world-class content and operational excellence to our audiences. We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.\nIf you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply:\nHave a love of maths and a passion for coding. \nYou're excited about embracing the latest AI and Machine Learning technologies to transform working practices. \nHave brilliant organisational skills and are great at problem -solving and negotiating. \nYou can manage multiple deadlines and demands on your time, and have a calm and focused approach to changing circumstances. \nHave a keen interest in the BBC and how people consume content, bursting with fresh ideas to introduce new perspectives. \nThis scheme is aimed at non-graduates. If you have a degree and you’re interested in similar roles at the BBC, we recommend applying for jobs at the BBC careers site or having a look at our other apprenticeship schemes.\nELIGIBILITY CRITERIA\nTo be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must:\nBe 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins in September 2027.\nHave lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.\nBe legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship. \nNot currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme, whether with the BBC or another organisation.\nNot already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or a higher level than this apprenticeship. \nTo apply for this scheme, you must also:\nHave maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification. \nHave some experience of coding and/or software engineering. Whether that is from an A Level/BTEC course, coding boot camp or personal projects. A basic coding test will form part of the assessment for this scheme.\nREADY TO APPLY?\nDon’t leave yourself wondering “what if?” this could be your chance to be part of something exciting. See yourself thriving in this role? Just click ‘Apply Now’!\nYou’ll create a candidate profile and answer a few questions - noCV or cover letter needed.\nIf you're eligible, we’ll guide you through the next steps of the process and what to expect.\nYou’ll need to live within a commutable distance of where this role is based. Interested in a different location? Check out our other adverts - but please only apply to one.\nThe BBC recognises that you may need to relocate to a new location to take up a BBC Apprenticeship scheme. The cost of relocating can be a barrier for some applicants and where that is a barrier to participation, we want to help where we can. To help ensure our apprenticeship opportunities are accessible to people from a wide range of backgrounds, a limited number of relocation support awards are available each year for those who meet our financial eligibility criteria. Relocation financial support is available for this role, subject to meeting the financial eligibility criteria. Further information will be shared with applicants during the recruitment process. Details on the wider support, initiatives and networks available at the BBC can be found on our careers site.\nThis is a fixed-term apprenticeship - your contract lasts for the duration of the scheme.Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you will be able to apply for any suitable open vacancies at the BBC or outside in the wider creative industry. 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