Network Engineer Placement Programme - Career Change - Romford

We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. 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 optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. What you'll do We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance our personalised recommendation systems by developing efficient, low-latency solutions that serve millions of users globally. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to design intelligent content recommendation mechanisms and drive the ongoing advancement of our Machine Learning Platform. • Model Development: Design, train, and optimise machine learning models focused on user personalisation, encompassing recommendation engines, ranking algorithms, user segmentation, and content analysis., • Data Pipeline Engineering: Construct and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines for feature engineering and model training utilising both structured and unstructured large-scale datasets., • Production Deployment: Deploy and supervise ML models in production environments, ensuring high availability, optimal performance, and continued relevance., • Experimentation: Design and analysis of A/B tests and offline experiments to evaluate model efficacy and support continuous improvement., • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with multidisciplinary teams to align machine learning initiatives with business objectives and user needs., • Research & Innovation: Evaluate emerging research in machine learning, deep learning, and personalisation for potential integration within existing systems. What you'll bring, • Demonstrated expertise in the full lifecycle of machine learning, from model development, deployment and serving to monitoring and maintenance., • Strong proficiency in Python and knowledge of ML libraries/frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch). ., • Experience using ML Training frameworks (e.g., TFX, Kubeflow Pipelines SDK) and Model Serving technologies (eg. Tensorflow Serving, Triton, TorchServe)., • Experience with high-volume data processing and real-time streaming architectures., • Strong understanding of recommendation system design and personalisation algorithms., • Familiarity with Generative AI and its applications in production settings., • Exceptional communication and analytical problem-solving skills., • Proven successful experience in mentoring less experienced engineers to improve their technical skillsA Typical Day at the Office When you come in, you can grab a coffee or a bit of breakfast from one of the many (subsidised) cafés or restaurants on site. Settle in at your desk, have a quick look at Slack to see what's happening in the tech communities, then catch up with everyone at the team stand-up. After that, you'll join your team and pick the first task to get cracking on. At lunchtime, you've got a few choices: head to The Pavilion for a bite with the team, pop to the onsite gym for a quick workout, or join in with a lunchtime community meetup - whatever suits you. Once you're back, you'll carry on working with your team on your current feature. Later in the afternoon, the team might fancy a quick coffee break before wrapping up the day with a team retrospective. Global OTT Technology Our team develops and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal Peacock in the US and Sky, NOW and SkyShowtime across Europe. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world's best entertainment, news and sport. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here's a taster: • 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 experiencesInclusion & 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've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space 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 are 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. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. 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.

We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. 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 optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. About the role Join us as an Engineering Lead in Sky's Content Platform, building and operating the systems that power content delivery at scale. From video ingest and encoding to metadata and distribution, you'll work on high-impact services used by millions of customers while setting technical direction, raising engineering standards, and delivering reliable, scalable services in a fast-moving, cloud-native environment. Please note - this is a hybrid role with an on-call rotation twice a month. What you'll do • Build and operate cloud-native services on AWS using microservices and event-driven architecture, • Deliver independently deployable features with a strong focus on quality, reliability, and performance, • Contribute to code, reviews, and team discussions to maintain high engineering standards, • Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring, and production support, with out-of-hours participation where required, • Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code, • Work on systems supporting video ingest, encoding, metadata, and content distribution workflows, • Use observability and metrics to identify issues and improve system performance, • Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and QA to deliver high-quality solutionsWhat you'll bring, • Strong backend engineering experience with Python preferred, and the ability to work across or pick up other languages such as Java or C#, • Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures, with experience in video, encoding, or broadcast workflows, • Hands-on experience building and operating services on AWS, • Strong experience designing and delivering APIs and microservices, • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production support, • Ability to debug and resolve issues in production environments, • A pragmatic mindset with the ability to deliver value while maintaining quality, • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a teamTeam overview 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 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've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space: 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. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. 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.

We believe in better. And we make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. 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 optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. What you'll do: • Technical Mentorship: Act as the technical lead engineers working cross-functionally in an agile environment; act as a top-notch coder and expert in the domain, capable of deep diving into details of components and features, uplifting capability and shaping engineering maturity across the Domain., • Architecture Partnership: Define and guide the technical architecture for complex, high impact data products and platforms. Manage Solution Architects and act as the natural bridge between Data Engineering and Data Architecture as well as colleagues in wider Technology., • Standards Setting: Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, and best practices adopted across multiple squads., • Design & Innovation: Translate sophisticated business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud native data solutions. Able to create and build frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and future capability; drive adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering approaches that support a cloud-agnostic, AI-ready future, • Assurance & Excellence: Embed rigorous validation, profiling, reconciliation, and automated testing into all engineering work; lead monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation to ensure resilient, reliable data products., • Strategic Influence: Partner with architects, product leaders, and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps and platform direction. Work collaboratively with your Principal Engineer peers to ensure consistent and joined-up approaches to our biggest priorities and challenges. Communicating in both deeply technical and plain and simple terms. What you'll bring:, • Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture. Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS 8+ knowledge, and CI/CD experience (ideally with Jenkins)., • Advanced SQL: Master-level proficiency in SQL (ideally BigQuery ), with strong optimisation and performance-tuning skills. Experience following coding standards and performing peer code reviews., • Data Modelling & Insight: Strong capability in designing intuitive, scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; skilled in advanced data profiling, anomaly detection, and statistical reasoning to ensure data integrity., • Collaboration: Able to influence senior stakeholders, simplify complex concepts, and build strong cross-functional relationships., • Technical Leadership: Expert in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure handling of sensitive data; connects engineering choices to long-term platform strategy, organisational goals, and future scalability., • Understanding: Uses deep business context within the specific Domain to shape proactive, value-driven engineering decisions; also equipped with first-class communication skills, able to grasp very complex data principles and processes, and decipher them in order to walk non-experts through them and gain support. Team overview: Our vision is to enable Sky's growth ambitions though Data and AI: deepening customer relationships, optimising commercial performance, and enhancing operational efficiency. Our Principal Engineers work within Domains and manage our Solution Architects. With top-notch skills, they act as our Technical Leads, setting and improving standards across the team and helping to raise the bar on what's possible. As a senior role, they're also our bridge into wider teams such as Architecture and Technology, ensuring we work together in harmony in pursuit of our data strategy. Our Residential Products Domain is part of the Customer Directorate within Sky Data. It's where we build and maintain data products and data assets for Sky's Connectivity business - including Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile - as well as Sky TV and Sky Protect. We work within the Value Streams, as part of cross-functional teams driving exciting roadmaps; we also support broader work where we help to transform how things get done. That means we're at the heart of the action, supporting and working on the products that keep our customers connected and protected, and which directly drive their Sky experience. Whether we're helping to create magic on screen via the products people watch or using data and AI to improve how our business is set up behind the scenes, one thing's for sure - this is a winning team that collaborates across Sky to make a genuine difference. The rewards There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky : the perks . Here's a taster: • 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: Recognised by The Times and Stonewall, we take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. Investing in society, fighting racial injustice and setting ambitious targets for representation at Sky. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. Your office space: 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."" We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. 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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