Job Description
What you’ll do:
As a Principal Engineer you’ll be at the heart of building world-class systems for Sky. You will be responsible for contributing to, and helping shape the technical direction of the department, while helping us deliver on the technical aspects our departmental vision.
Working with developers and architects to create and deliver innovative end-to-end solution designs for products that meet the requirements of the sponsor while maintaining the overall integrity of the Technology systems estate.
Assist delivery teams to implement the overall solution architecture, adjusting it as needed in the face of changes to the proposition through to product launch.
Provide technical direction, challenging the team to deliver the simple solutions.
Evangelising strategic technologies and best practices to help improve our software delivery.
Making good decisions about when to invest in building solutions ourselves, when to buy off-the-shelf and when to partner with 3rd parties.
Building communities that support knowledge sharing and decision making.
Mentoring other software engineers on best practice and contribute to the development of others.
Raise the bar of the code quality and testing of the teams you work with to ensure the best possible journeys for our business and customers.
What you’ll bring:
Experience and strong ability in either Java, Scala, Python, and database technologies such as Cassandra. You’ll also have familiarity with cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes.
Ability to make good technical decisions and to convince others as to the merits and reasons for those decision.
Demonstrable track record in the design and delivery of leading-edge strategic business solutions from concept through implementation.
You should display a high understanding of application design and architecture and have proven leadership skills.
Balancing the ability to get the job done and maintaining a high-quality bar.
Have mentored other team members and committed to helping them improve.
An enthusiasm and aptitude for learning new skills and practices, constantly keeping up with the latest developments in the relevant field.
Demonstrates exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, working with business and technical stakeholders.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you!
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Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 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.
With 24 million customers across six countries, Sky is Europe’s leading media and entertainment company and is proud to be part of the Comcast group. Our 32,000 employees help connect our customers to the very best entertainment, sports, news, arts and to our own local, original content. Following the success of Sky originals like Chernobyl, we plan to double our investment in original content by 2024. We’re also developing a new TV and movie studio, Sky Studios Elstree, which is expected to lead to the creation of over 2,000 new jobs and generate an additional £3 billion of production investment in UK creative sector in the first five years alone.
Our technology allows Sky customers to watch what they want, when they want, how they want and connects millions of people to content they love. And our online streaming service, NOW, brings viewers all the enjoyment of Sky with the flexibility of a contract-free service. We also believe that a company of our scale has a responsibility that goes beyond our business, and into the community. We recently announced a series of commitments to help tackle racial injustice and improve diversity and inclusion.
To ensure the commitments are delivered, Sky will invest £10million per year across its markets for each of the next three years. We’re committed to being Europe’s first net zero carbon entertainment company by 2030 – two decades before we have to – and we’re an inclusive employer recognised by The Times and Stonewall for our commitment to diversity.