Software Engineering Specialist

Role Overview

Operates within BT Networks Cloud Services, supporting and enabling integrated tooling across BT Networks to underpin business-critical products. Working within a platform engineering and automation team, you will focus on full-stack development, building and maintaining internal tooling, services, and integrations that support collaboration and operational workflows across BT, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and user interfaces
• Write clean, well-tested code for production systems
• Design and develop scalable, reliable applications
• Work with other engineers to deliver features end to end
• Collaborate with platform, security, and business teams to solve problems
• Review code and support others to improve quality
• Debug issues and fix defects in live systems
• Improve performance, reliability, and system design
• Automate repetitive tasks and manual processes
• Contribute to technical design discussions and decisions

Requirements

• Strong experience in full-stack development (frontend and backend)
• Good knowledge of at least one backend language (e.g., Python, Java, or Node.js)
• Experience building and using APIs
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React or similar)
• Ability to write clean, well-structured, and well-tested code
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience working with cloud-based systems and services
• Understanding of version control (e.g., Git) and team-based development
• Ability to work with others and communicate clearly

Skills

• Python
• React
• Node.js
• APIs
• Git

Nice to Have

• Experience designing scalable and reliable systems
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment
• Knowledge of databases (SQL or NoSQL) and data modelling
• Understanding of security best practices in software development
• Familiarity with Atlassian Cloud suite and Forge platform