Python Job: Software Developer

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Company

Sky

Location

London, England - United Kingdom

Job type

Full-Time

Python Job Details

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.
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.

You will work in a fast-growing team of Network Planners, Developers and Data Scientists to support the development of software and analytics capabilities for modelling Sky’s European network infrastructure and to drive the network strategy.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced developer to grow skills in Data Science and Cloud Development.

What you’ll do:
As a python developer you will:
  • Write new python applications to meet analytics requirements.
  • Maintain our existing application stack.
  • Design and develop APIs.
  • Deploy applications into our Kubernetes cluster.
  • Use variety of GCP’s managed and self-managed services to meet applications need (like GKE, cloud function, bigquery etc)
  • Collaborate with software engineers, network data scientists and network operations.
  • Promote best development practices in the software engineering life cycle.

What you’ll bring:
Essential:
  • Significant experience as python backend developer.
  • Experience of developing and delivering data centric applications.
  • Experience of building RESTful APIs and web frameworks using Python (Flask preferred).
  • Familiarity with Cloud providers (GCP preferred) and/or Docker.
  • Experience of building reusable codes and libraries.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Familiarity with agile methodology.

Desirable:
  • Commercial experience of working in a software engineering team (with other backend, frontend, QAs, etc).
  • Familiarity with microservices design, architecture, and implementation.
  • Commercial experience with GCP or AWS (GCP preferred)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform or equivalent).
  • Hands on experience and understanding of Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Good understanding of SQL.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines.

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

Inclusion:
Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to support you as much as we can with flexible shift patterns.
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.
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.