Principal Software Engineer - Java
Permanent
Leeds
We are a core technology team for ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster. We provide critical services and products in the content supply chain, broadcast, and non-linear distribution domains. Services that track content coming in, linear and non-linear scheduling, content rights management and content sales. We work very closely with business stakeholders to deliver fit for purpose applications that deliver business improvements and efficiencies. We are at the heart of the evolving technology strategy as ITV expands and explores new ideas. We are the ITV Leeds technology team.
TV is changing and ITV is too. The future is a mixture of On-Demand and Linear content delivery across multiple platforms, working with a growing ITV Studios content production portfolio, external collaborations, and new business models.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our ATS Technology department to provide Technical Leadership in Leeds.
What
Much of what we do is around automating previously manual processes or removing legacy systems to enable ITV data to flow effectively, Which means we tackle hard architectural issues, such as remodeling our rights system and building new products such as Gateway.
Gateway is ITV’s inbound content tracking application, which ensures we know what deliverables are due in from Producers, where they’re due to be delivered and when so that our content gets to the correct destination on time. This is a new product built in-house that integrates with internal and external parties, and we collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure we have a fit for purpose product.
Technology we use
At present RCSS Technology systems are Java 8 backend with Angular frontend, and we tend to use Spring Boot. We have recently opted as a team to train in Kotlin which we are currently trying out on some new microservices. The selection of technology for new systems is open for discussion and your team's suggestions; as Principle, you will also be responsible for reviewing and promoting good choices.
Our CI pipelines tend to use Jenkins, Github, Terraform and Puppet on AWS. However, this is a rapidly evolving area and we have support from our central Platform Engineering team to help keep us moving in a good direction. ITV is committed to doing things right in regards to best practices and architectural principles, and are always looking at how we can do things better. We use Google products for email and document sharing, and Apple hardware for development.
Principal Level Software Engineer
As the Principal engineer of RCSS Technology you will be responsible for leading the team’s engineers in the right direction from both a technology and business perspective. You will be skilled at making appropriate trade-offs between delivery and technical strategy and in communicating those tradeoffs to stakeholders and engineers.
- You will be hands on as much as possible but the delivery of products will be lead by individual teams; your role is to help them along. You will be involved in building proof of concepts and validating new technologies, often being the spearhead in new areas.
- You will be able to break down, simplify and explain complicated technical subjects so that non technical people can understand them deeply enough to make appropriate decisions which influence the team’s work.
- You will review code and testing strategies, and most importantly you’ll be a driving force in setting the quality bar of the department.
- You will have experience leading multiple small cross-functional teams at once. You will be a seasoned ‘Agile’ practitioner, able to identify changes that might be needed to make a team work more effectively. Although you will have a passion for improvement, you will understand that change takes time and seldom works when driven purely from the top.
- You will develop architectures in collaboration with engineers and Enterprise Architects, and facilitate pragmatic solutions. This will involve working across legacy systems, 3rd party products, and in-house developed systems.
- You will work closely with Product Owners and the Head of Department to understand and shape product roadmaps, inform technical analysis, collect requirements and propose technical solutions.
- You will be the most senior technical person in the department and you will be responsible and trusted to nurture a unique tech culture for the Leeds technology hub.
- You will be expected to identify skill and resource gaps in the department and figure out both short and long-term solutions for them.
- You will be experienced with recruiting and growing a high performing team culture.
- You will have DevOps and Cloud technology experience and a firm understanding of what is needed to deliver a robust production system.
- You will keep an eye on useful innovations and developments in relevant technology spaces, and foster the same mentality in the people you work with. You’ll keep an open mind, but bear in mind your real goals and avoid technology adoption for its own sake.
- You will mentor and line manage engineers to ensure they develop their skills and are productive team members.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be a Technical Leader within the UK’s largest & leading commercial broadcaster. We are going through some exciting change & transformation so apply now to be a part of the future of television, instead of just watching it!
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident employer we are committed to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
"ITV, where creativity, diversity and collaboration put us right at the heart of popular culture."
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