Location: Bath Road, Bristol
The Role
OBS is looking for new talent to join our dynamic & growing team in Bristol. If you are looking to further your career in software engineering, OBS could be the place for you. As leading experts in Smart TV, OBS can provide the opportunity to work in an exciting fast paced, hitech environment with the potential to further develop your software skills in a wide variety of technologies and learn from our team of motivated and passionate engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Development of TV centric automated test & certification tools including OBS’ HbbTV Test harness
- Development, maintenance and review of related TV conformance tests including HbbTV test cases
- Interpretation of related product requirements and industry specifications
- Research, design and implementation of automated software validation frameworks
- Communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Defect triage and resolution
Essential skills
- 3+ years programming experience in Python and at least one other language (preferably JavaScript)
- Development of software within a Linux environment
- Experience using Git, or similar version control tools
- Experience using Jira, or similar issue management tools
- Experience with agile development methodologies
- Experience with performing code reviews
- Proactive and willing to take ownership of problems
- Works effectively as part of a team and individually
- Clear concise communication, both written and verbal
Beneficial skills
- Experience with web technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript
- Experience using Django, Flask (backend), React (frontend)
- Experience using Docker
- Experience with CI/CD tools/methodologies (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to automate software development pipelines
- Experience with Digital TV related technologies e.g. HbbTV
Benefits
We provide a great working environment with flexible working hours and benefits which include
- Competitive salary
- 25 days paid annual leave plus public holidays & your birthday off
- Company pension
- Life Insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye care
- Training programmes
- Career progression opportunities
At OBS, we focus on real-world impact, not buzzwords. If you’re ready to join a team that values technical excellence, reliability, and smart collaboration—we’d love to hear from you.