Job Description
As a Software Engineer on the Content Platforms team within Content Technology and Innovation at Sky, you will work in a collaborative, high‑performing delivery team responsible for building and supporting mission‑critical platforms that ensure Sky’s content reaches millions of customers across products such as Sky Q, Sky Glass, Sky Go and NOW.
Hybrid Working
This role offers a hybrid working approach with 2 days a week onsite in Osterley office.
Responsibilities
- Build, enhance and maintain cloud‑based services and applications that form part of Sky’s Group Content Platform.
- Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from analysis and design through to implementation, testing and post‑launch support.
- Work on distributed systems using technologies such as Java, Spring, Kafka, .NET (C#) and AWS, ensuring reliability, scalability and performance.
- Contribute to the technical direction of the team, promoting strong engineering standards, clean design and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with analysts, testers and other engineers within an agile (Scrum) delivery team, taking part in ceremonies, code reviews and pair programming.
- Support, maintain and improve both cloud‑based and on‑premise applications (including legacy tech stacks), diagnosing issues, ensuring operational stability and adapting to evolving team priorities.
Qualifications
- Solid previous experience building backend services using Java (Spring) and .NET (C#) in a production environment.
- Good working knowledge of SQL databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases such as Couchbase.
- Experience with event‑driven or asynchronous architectures, including messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka.
- Hands‑on experience delivering solutions in a cloud environment, ideally AWS, and working with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Applied knowledge of software engineering best practices, including object‑oriented design, APIs (REST), automated testing, CI/CD and Agile methodologies.
- Demonstrable adaptability and flexibility, with experience working across both modern cloud‑based systems and legacy/on‑premise environments, and the ability to respond to shifting team and platform priorities.
Benefits
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place.
- The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate.
- A generous pension package.
- Private healthcare.
- Discounted mobile and broadband.
- A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences.
Inclusion & how you'll work
We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
We have embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home.
Background Check
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.
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