Backend Engineer - Machine Learning

Sky
Greater London, England
8 months ago
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Job Description

Better content. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still.

We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. \n The Global Streaming Data Platforms (GS-Data) department is leading the way in many areas of data. The department has designed and built a world-leading real time data analytics platform, using the latest cloud and open-source technologies.

We stream billions of events each day to enable our partner teams across Sky and Comcast deliver customer-led sophisticated insights and analytics. \n Design, build, test and maintain software to help integrate and orchestrate the movement of data between critical Data components. \n\n \n~ Deliver observable, reliable and secure software, adopting you build it you run it mentality, and focus on automation.

\n\n \n~ Track record of delivering complex, production quality applications. \n\n \n~ Strong Test Driven Development background, with understanding of levels of testing required to continuously deliver value to production \n\n \n~ Delivery experience within an agile environment using Scrum / Kanban methodologies and Pair Programming. \n\n \n~ Our team develops and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles.

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