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Lead software engineer (golang)

London
Sky
Lead software engineer
€90,000 a year
Posted: 19 May
Offer description

Role/Team overview

This role sits in a business‑critical domain responsible for application distribution and orchestration across the Sky Europe estate, reaching tens of millions of customer devices. The team is shaping a modern, aligned capability across Comcast, Sky and Comcast syndication partners globally, with a focus on scalable platforms, reliable delivery and strong engineering ownership.


What you’ll do

* Lead the architecture, design and delivery of full‑stack products and services, using Go for backend systems and TypeScript/React for frontend applications in a Kubernetes platform and AWS environment
* Own technical direction for significant areas of the team’s work, shaping architecture, improving system design, and reducing long‑term maintenance and operational cost
* Drive engineering quality across the lifecycle, including testing strategy, security, CI/CD, observability, release safety, and reliability of live systems
* Resolve complex technical risks, cross‑team dependencies, and production issues, and lead improvements based on incidents, operational gaps, and delivery friction
* Build alignment across engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders, helping teams make sound decisions and deliver against mid‑to long‑term goals
* Raise standards through mentoring, technical leadership, reusable patterns, and improvements that increase team effectiveness beyond your immediate area


What you’ll bring

* Strong commercial experience architecting, building and operating full‑stack applications on Kubernetes and AWS at scale
* Strong backend development experience in Go and strong frontend development experience in TypeScript with a modern framework or library
* Experience leading architecture and delivery for complex distributed systems and customer‑facing platforms
* Strong experience with testing strategy, CI/CD, observability, release engineering, incident management and reliability improvement in production environments
* Experience driving technical standards, mentoring engineers and influencing engineering decisions across teams
* Strong judgement, communication skills and the ability to balance business goals, technical quality, delivery speed, risk and long‑term maintainability


Desirable skills and experience

* Experience working in large‑scale consumer, platform or media environments
* Experience modernising or evolving platform architectures incrementally
* Experience shaping engineering practices around AI‑assisted software development workflows


Benefits and perks

* Free SkyTV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
* Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
* Private healthcare with mental health support
* Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
* Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
* Sharesave and Tech schemes
* A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences


Your office base

Our Sky Group HQ is located on the Osterley Campus, just a 10‑minute walk from Syon Lane train station. The campus offers state‑of‑the‑art technology and workspaces, multiple subsidised restaurants and cafes, a gym, a cinema, car‑wash and beauty salon. Shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations provide free travel, and onsite parking is available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.


Equal opportunity statement

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited 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.

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