Software Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Recruiter: Seema Shivakumar

Hiring Manager: Neha Jain

Career Grade: D

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in React Native, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS to design, build, and scale modern mobile and backend applications. The role requires hands-on development, architectural thinking, and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

What you’ll be doing

• Design and develop scalable mobile applications using React Native
• Build and maintain robust backend services using Node.js and NestJS
• Develop APIs (REST/GraphQL) with focus on performance and security
• Write clean and maintainable code using TypeScript and JavaScript
• Contribute to application architecture decisions
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews

Essential Skills / Experience

• ~8 years of professional full stack development experience
• Strong expertise in React Native
• Hands-on experience with Node.js and NestJS
• Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript
• Experience with REST/GraphQL API development
• Hands-on AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EC2)
• Strong understanding of design patterns and data structures
• Experience with testing and Git version control

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Pulumi (preferred), Terraform, or CloudFormation
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Event-driven architecture
• Monitoring and observability tools

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.