Job profile

Salary: £64,020 - £75,636 per annum 

Permanent Contract, Full-time

We are looking for a talented and engaged senior software developer to work on the BFI’s digital services and products.  You will work across one or two service-focused teams to lead on technical design, development and integration.  The role involves working closely with our product managers, QA analysts and UX and design specialists, as well as with other stakeholders. 

You will have several years of professional software development experience with full stack skills and knowledge.  Experience with PHP frameworks such Laravel and Drupal as well as Javascript frameworks would be a definite advantage. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Ensure the team’s development work follows Government functional standards. 

• Lead on understanding and assessing technology services provided by third party partners and suppliers and ensure robust integrations are developed. 

• To ensure that the team (employed and freelance) are engaged and well informed regarding the Department’s initiatives and the team’s activities and targets and what is expected from them both in delivery of their objectives and behaviours, including when representing the BFI 

• Be a champion for the BFI’s digital transformation internally by leading Show & Tells on work in progress and externally by writing blog posts about your area of expertise. 

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Good knowledge of technical design patterns and ability to select and implement most appropriate patterns for particular. 

• A deep technical understanding of development languages and frameworks with a demonstrable ability to learn new technologies quickly. 

• Experience of implementing software integrations with third party payment providers and app store payment platforms. 

• The ability to manage and lead a team of software developers with a collaborative and supportive leadership approach. 

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

About the BFI  

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow. 

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.  

We support 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 Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.  

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by clicking the links to the left.

Depending on the volume of applications, you may be asked to complete a small task or attend a pre-interview screening call to further to assist the hiring team in shortlisting for this role. In this instance, interview dates may be subject to change.  

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Thursday, 17 December 2024 

First interviews will be held on Tuesday, 07 January 2024 

Second interviews will be held on Monday, 13 January 2025