Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Software Design & Development

Design, build and maintain digital platform capabilities, components, services, APIs, integrations and automation solutions.

Write clean, maintainable, secure and well-tested code aligned to agreed engineering standards and coding practices.

Contribute to technical design, solution options, code reviews and implementation feasibility assessments.

Support platform modernisation, re-use of shared patterns, reduction of technical debt and simplification of legacy capabilities.

Develop solutions that are scalable, accessible, performant and supportable across global and multi-market use cases.

Agile Delivery & Product Contribution

Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, estimation, demos, retrospectives and delivery reviews.

Work with Product Managers and Technical Delivery Leads to understand business outcomes, user needs and prioritised requirements.

Break down technical work into clear tasks and contribute to user stories, acceptance criteria and delivery planning.

Identify assumptions, dependencies, blockers and risks early, increasing with options and recommendations where needed.

Contribute to delivery transparency through clear updates, documentation and use of delivery management tools.

Testing, Quality & Release Engineering

Build and maintain unit, integration, component and automated tests to support reliable software delivery.

Support regression testing, accessibility checks, performance validation and production readiness activities.

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, release automation, deployment processes and environment management.

Perform code reviews and use static analysis, quality gates and peer feedback to improve engineering quality.

Support safe release practices, rollback planning and post-release verification.

Platform Operations & DevOps

Support operational reliability through monitoring, observability, logging, alerting and service health improvements.

Investigate and resolve incidents, defects and platform issues, working with support, supplier and infrastructure teams as required.

Contribute to runbooks, knowledge articles, support documentation and handover materials.

Support automation of manual operational processes to improve efficiency, reduce risk and increase delivery speed.

Help ensure services meet non-functional requirements for resilience, availability, security, privacy and maintainability.

Collaboration & Engineering Culture

Collaborate effectively with architects, QA, operations, security, privacy, analytics, suppliers and business customers.

Share knowledge, document solutions and support capability building across bp and supplier engineering teams.

Apply a product attitude by considering user value, business impact, long-term operability and platform consistency.

Adopt AI-assisted engineering and automation tools where appropriate and governed, improving productivity and quality.

Promote continuous improvement, curiosity, engineering field and accountability across the team.

Skills & Experience

Experience building and supporting digital products, web platforms, CMS-backed services, APIs, integrations or cloud-native applications.

Strong software engineering fundamentals, including code quality, testing, maintainability, design patterns, security and performance awareness.

Experience with modern development practices, Agile delivery, version control, CI/CD, automated testing and DevOps ways of working.

Ability to work with requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, translating business needs into robust technical outcomes.

Good understanding of operational readiness, monitoring, logging, incident support and production service ownership.

Experience working with suppliers, distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders in enterprise technology environments.

Desirable experience with Contentful, MACH architecture, headless CMS, React or modern front-end frameworks, Java/API development, AWS, Azure DevOps, Git, automation or AI-assisted development.

Success Measures

Delivery of high-quality software changes, fixes and enhancements to agreed scope, quality and timeline expectations.

Clean, maintainable and secure code with appropriate test coverage, documentation and peer review.

Improved platform reliability, performance, accessibility, security and operational supportability.

Effective contribution to Agile ceremonies, estimates, refinement, release activity and delivery transparency.

Reduction of manual effort, technical debt and operational risk through automation, simplification and engineering improvements.

Strong collaboration with product, delivery, architecture, QA, operations and supplier teams.

Successful transition of changes into production and BAU support with clear ownership and support documentation.

About Bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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