Software Engineering Professional

Job Description

Recruiter: Mounika Nagabhiru

Hiring Manager: Dinesh Negi

Career Grade: E

Internal Closing Date: 29-May-2026

About the role

The Software Engineering Professional supports the execution of BTs software engineering strategy through cross-functional delivery, contributing to the development of technical solutions and platforms that enable innovation and engineering excellence.

What you’ll be doing

1.Supports the implementation of technical solutions for customers and colleagues, working within cross-functional squads to assist in creating and implementing technical solutions for a domain or cross domain activity within a specific technology area.
2.Supports in the execution of technical decisions, technology choices and architecture for a wide range of high-performance products, capabilities, and platforms effectively balancing short-term impact with long-term transformation.
3.Supports the design and development of software solutions aligned to architecture and security standards.
4.Undertakes technical reviews to maintain proficiency in software engineering principles and practices.
5.Supports with the designs of technical specifications and development of software solutions of smaller and /or less complex initiatives in partnership with team, contributing towards the quality of delivery.
6.Writes, tests and reviews code under supervision, refining as needed and communicates to engineering professionals and colleagues involved in the project.
7.Integrates existing software products and resolves routine compatibility issues.
8.Maintains systems by monitoring and correcting software defects.
9.Supports the implementation and maintenance of high-quality tools and automation processes to support continuous delivery and developer productivity.
10.Supports the use of tools and automation processes to enable continuous delivery.
11.Contributes to the delivery of technical roadmaps aligned to business and engineering needs.
12.May support engineering and operational excellence initiatives, assisting with implementing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement.
13.Supports in the implementation of ways to improve working processes within the area of software engineering responsibility.

Essential Skills / Experience

Desirable Skills / Experience

Our Package

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.