Software Developer x2

Salary: £46,362 - £54,762 per annum

The BFI is seeking two Software Developers to join its Digital Products team.

Located in the BFI’s newly formed Technology & Digital Transformation department, and working with colleagues across the organisation, these two roles will play a crucial role in building BFI digital products and services.

One role will focus on development of the BFI’s core web presence at https://bfi.org.uk, working as part of a dedicated product team and with a wide range of different BFI departments.

The other role will focus on building out our platforms to deliver access to BFI National Archive digital collections and associated rich information assets, collaborating closely with colleagues in the BFI’s Knowledge & Collections teams.

We work in small product-focused teams, using agile development techniques to build iteratively and incrementally with frequent feedback from users and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• To produce high quality software, applying robust software engineering practices.
• To integrate with third party services and platforms as required.
• To deploy working and tested code into staging and production environments, writing tests, deployment scripts and manifests as needed.
• To participate in project scoping work and decision-making relating to overall technical architecture and approach.

Skills & experience 

• Significant demonstrable experience in the development and delivery of web applications.
• In depth knowledge of web development languages and frameworks with a demonstrable ability to learn new technologies quickly. The BFI’s technology stack includes PHP, Laravel, Drupal, Javascript and React.
• Experience developing applications backed by systems such as MySQL / MariaDB and Elastic.

The BFI supports diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are ethnically diverse.

We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

We operate a hybrid working model at the BFI. Exact working arrangements for this role are to be agreed with the hiring manager.

You will enjoy benefits such as our pension scheme, excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave, tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

Full details and apply

For the full job pack and to apply online, browse BFI jobs & opportunities. 

First interviews will be held between Tuesday 28-Thursday 30 June 2022.

The closing date for this position is 20/06/2022 at 23:59