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Software Developer - C# .NET

Employer
Sky
Location
Isleworth
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
10 Jul 2022

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Sector
Technology & Digital
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

This is a great opportunity to join our Technology - Content Supply Platforms.

Our team develops and operates Sky's Broadcast infrastructure and content delivery systems across DTH, On Demand and Advertising delivery platforms. The successful candidate will work with a team of highly skilled Developers, Test and Reliability engineers, collectively ensuring that the right content arrives at the right destination at the right time.

What you'll do:
  • Responsible for contributing to and helping shape technical direction, while delivering day-to-day in a delivery team
  • Design, develop, test and support new micro-service applications; that scale predictably, facilitate development across multiple developers and teams and promote maintainability and extensibility.
  • Offer advice and guidance around design, architectural decisions and code quality.
  • Maintain and contribute to software delivery principles and guidelines based on internal Sky standards and industry best-practice.
  • Enhance and support existing production applications / platform.
  • Once sufficiently trained, provide 3rd line support for production services, as part of team rota.
What you'll bring:
  • Extensive system development knowledge with .NET (C#), SQL (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server)
  • Applied knowledge of software engineering best practice and software development methodologies. e.g. XP, Scrum, design patterns, SOLID principles, Test Driven Development, Object Oriented design and implementation, APIs (REST etc.)
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g. Spock, pytest, etc).
  • Experience of working with Message Queuing (e.g. ActiveMQ)
  • Experience with configuration and build tools (e.g. Jenkins, Octopus deploy, TeamCity and GitHub).
  • Applied knowledge of JavaScript, web front-end technologies. (React/Redux, node.js etc.)

Content Technology & Innovation, we use the latest tech to create, process and distribute the best entertainment. We are a unique blend of talent covering both engineering and operations with more than 2500 people across Europe. We connect our customers to more of what they love all day, every day. You'll be joining a proactive, forward-thinking, and collaborative team setting the standard for excellent innovation.

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.

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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