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Software Engineer

Employer
Sky
Location
Isleworth
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
10 Feb 2022

Job Details

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

 


Sky Advertising Technology provides innovative solutions to Sky's Advertising opportunities including the industry leading AdSmart - that allows our clients to precisely target their adverts to relevant households. As a Software Engineer, you'll be helping to create those systems and be part of the migration of AdTech systems into the Cloud.

 


What you'll do:

 

* Help to build applications that are core to Sky's market leading AdSmart platform
* Champion the departments adoption of Cloud technologies
* Work with the Automation Tester to ensure we deliver well tested applications with a robust CI/CD pipeline.
* Engage with the wider AdTech and Sky developer communities.

 


What you'll bring:

 

* Solid experience of delivering secure, performant, applications in a variety of languages (Java, Go, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript), and SQL in a cloud-based environment (GCP/AWS)
* Good experience of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes clusters and cloud native tools like Big Query, Cloud Composer, Cloud Build (or their AWS equivalents).
* Complete commitment to excellent Software Engineering standards.
* An appetite to expand your horizons, to look at new technology and assess how best to leverage it.

 


Department overview:

 

We're the Product Hub. We're the team behind your favourite Sky products, and the platforms that power them. We make every moment magical, everywhere. Our team is made up of self-motivated, big thinkers who have a knack for solving problems and find new ways to captivate millions of customers by putting them at the heart of everything we do. From Sky Glass, Sky Q, Peacock and NOW to news and sports apps, we make entertainment even better and we can't wait to get started on what's next.

 


Team Overview

 

Content Technology and Innovation

 

Our Content Technology and Innovation team delivers high-quality content to homes, customer devices, businesses and commercial partners across our European markets. With over 2500 colleagues from around the world, we combine our strategic insights, engineering know-how and operational excellence to use the most innovative technologies to create and distribute our award-winning content.

 


The Rewards:

 

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

 

* Sky Q,for the TV you love all in one place
* A generous pension package
* Private healthcare
* Discounted mobile and broadband
* Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

 


Where you'll work:

 

Osterley:

 

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

 

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

 


Inclusion:

 

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

 

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

 

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

 


Why wait?

 

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

 

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

 

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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