Software Engineering Specialist

Recruiter: Seema Shivakumar

Hiring Manager: Neha Jain

Career Grade: D

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead/Sr. Developer with strong expertise in Node.js, AWS, and database technologies. The candidate will lead engineering teams, design and develop scalable and secure architectures from scratch, and drive end-to-end delivery of cloud-native applications.

What you’ll be doing

• Design and develop application and solution architecture from scratch.
• Develop scalable backend services using Node.js.
• Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services.
• Own database design, optimization, and scalability strategies.
• Drive architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical
solutions.
• Ensure performance, security, reliability, and maintainability of applications.
• Support CI/CD, DevOps, and production operations.

Essential Skills / Experience

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in Node.js.
• Extensive experience with AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS,
DynamoDB, CloudWatch, IAM).
• Strong database design and optimization experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with REST APIs and microservices architecture.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Proven team leadership and mentoring experience.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

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.