Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 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.

Digital Technology focuses on technology strategy, design, and delivery. From AI to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our web presence and CRM systems for fixed and mobile networks. We’re bold, proactive, forward-thinking, and collaborative. Together, we’re proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers.

What you’ll do:

• With a clear understanding of roadmaps and longer-term strategic business goals – provide technical direction and leadership towards the delivery of excellent quality and sustainable software – minimising technical debt.

• Demonstrate expert proficiency within Sky’s technology stack to be able to guide and support with the delivery of software for high capacity, high traffic, high availability websites / systems.

• Play a key role towards the identification and adoption of new technologies and approaches, working towards improving the wider technical estate, associated processes and overall development experience.

• Facilitate and support with the technical analysis, solution design and integration-based phases of delivery.

• Play a proactive role with regards to the setup and ongoing maintenance of effective monitoring and alerting solutions across the Digital Service estate.

• Provide clear direction and leadership with regards to the handling of production issues and live incidents.

• Support with the recruitment process – identifying skills gaps and playing an active role towards the recruitment of excellent candidates into technical roles.

What you’ll bring:

• Expert level full stack development skills and understanding of technologies such asJavaScript, React and GraphQLwith a passion for improving and driving quality, performance, resilience and accessibility.

• Great communications skills with the ability to actively engage and build strong relationships with Commercial colleagues, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Principal Engineers and other Tech Leads – supporting with the planning and estimation phases of roadmap items; providing technical guidance where required.

• Strong leadership skills and ethics with the ability to mentor senior level engineers and effectively delegate and empower others with regards to technical delivery.

• Be a forward-thinker through evaluating new technologies, producing ADR’s, contribution to guilds, technical scrum of scrums and chapter meetings along with advocating the creation of technical documentation to encourage and promote knowledge sharing.

Digital Technology

Our Digital Technology team is at the heart of providing outstanding customer service. We touch every part of a Sky customer’s experience meaning we solve a wide range of problems creatively and no two days are the same. You will be joining a diverse team where the focus is collaboration, doing what’s best for the customer and our people, and having some fun whilst we do it.

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:

Leeds:

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station, with free water taxis available from Granary Wharf. There’s also plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

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.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

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.