Engineering Manager

As an Engineering Manager in Experience Engineering, you'll be working on improving the developer experience, delivering reliable, fast and award-winning experiences in the area of content discovery and playback on devices. In the course of doing this we expect you'll:

• Together with your department peers, have a vision for a high performing team. Help the team navigate where they are against that vision, and, through a series of initiatives, continuously improve.


• Hire engineers (and potentially other trades depending on team).


• Together with your department peers, work out the right talent mix that results in a lean team with the skills and experience to succeed in their mission.


• Coach individual members along their career path, ensuring they give and get frequent and useful feedback and helping them get back on track when they don't meet expectations.


• Line management duties that range from holiday approvals to supporting staff through personal issues.


• Be the technical voice of your team in wider forums, support engineers in making product improvements, and architecture discussions. Champion Software Engineering best practices, process improvements and advocate for optimal developer experience.


• Serve as the technical service owner, manage change and incidents, and optimise on-call processes where necessary.



• Contribute to technical planning, spot where technology choices need to be made and ensure the team have the time and space to manage technical debt and oversee the system architecture.
  
  Strong technical foundation with first-hand experience of what it's like to develop software in a commercial setting.


• You may not have had "line management" responsibilities, but you should have experience in mentoring, guiding, and empowering engineers to support their career development.


• A sense of what needs to improve in a team and a track record of leading team initiatives that make things better.


• Prior experience of the engineering practices that get results - pairing, CI/CD, testing techniques.


• Organisational and planning ability, when you take on a goal - it gets done and your teammates can count on you.


• Dedication to staying current on best practices and evolving the team's technical processes.


• Nice to have: Experience with embedded software development, C++, QT, Mobile Development, Rust, Flutter
  
  We are part of a suite of products that together we call Entertainment OS (EntOS) a fully-fledged IP TV platform that powers media organisations around the world, from Sky in Europe, to Comcast Xumo in the US. Our product is the software inside TV's, streaming devices, mobiles, tablets that global audiences use to discover and experience content., 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.


With 24 million customers across six countries, Sky is Europe's leading media and entertainment company and is proud to be part of the Comcast group. Our 32,000 employees help connect our customers to the very best entertainment, sports, news, arts and to our own local, original content. Following the success of Sky originals like Chernobyl, we plan to double our investment in original content by 2024. We're also developing a new TV and movie studio, Sky Studios Elstree, which is expected to lead to the creation of over 2,000 new jobs and generate an additional £3 billion of production investment in UK creative sector in the first five years alone.

Our technology allows Sky customers to watch what they want, when they want, how they want and connects millions of people to content they love. And our online streaming service, NOW, brings viewers all the enjoyment of Sky with the flexibility of a contract-free service. We also believe that a company of our scale has a responsibility that goes beyond our business, and into the community. We recently announced a series of commitments to help tackle racial injustice and improve diversity and inclusion.

To ensure the commitments are delivered, Sky will invest £10million per year across its markets for each of the next three years. We're committed to being Europe's first net zero carbon entertainment company by 2030 - two decades before we have to - and we're an inclusive employer recognised by The Times and Stonewall for our commitment to diversity.

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


How you'll work - hybrid working

The world has changed. And so have we. We've adopted 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.