Join us and build a streaming platform used by millions.
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies, and a part of Comcast Corporation, which also owns NBCUniversal (NBCU). We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events and provide free access to news and the arts.
We work on the Global Streaming Platform supporting various video-on-demand products including Sky Showtime, Peacock and Showmax.
The Sky Tech Hub in Prague consists of around 100 people and will continue to grow. These are mostly developers, video streaming enthusiasts and experts, with extensive experience across markets, technologies, and products working on the Global Streaming Platform. We work closely with our colleagues in the UK, Portugal and the United States.
What role will you play?
As our Engineering Manager, you will join the Content Delivery Engineering team, reporting into the Global Video Engineering, an organization distributed across NBCUniversal and Sky. The role is based in Prague, Czechia and is focused on leading and building a local team of engineers providing design, operation and delivery for our UK, EU and Africa based streaming products - SkyShowtime, Showmax and Now/Wow.
The role requires daily collaboration with our colleagues and vendors primarily across the US, UK and beyond – fluent spoken and written English is a must.
The Content Delivery Engineering team’s expertise is focused on the web-scale use of Content Delivery Networks, performance telemetry, analytics, selection and interfacing with content origins, dynamic ad insertion and player technologies. Our primary aim is to provide exceptional Video On Demand (VOD) and live sports experiences to our audiences in the tens of millions across three continents.
What You'll Do:
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Provide technical leadership and inspiration to our CDN, software and reliability engineers, as they design, configure, operate and maintain systems, software and managed services to our subscribers.
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Work with our project managers, achieve effective resource management, user story mapping, sprint planning, review and retrospective meetings for the local team + associated resources across time zones as part of the design and delivery process.
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Develop productive relationships with our 3rd party suppliers & partners and our internal teams across throughout the group that are critical to progress, bringing a predictive and consistent approach to our efforts.
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Enjoy the pressure and take pride with being the centre of attention from our teams, senior & programme management, change, capacity planning, cyber and other key pillars of the business - being able to provide cross-discipline situation/incident briefings and presenting progress to key stakeholders as needed.
What skills do you need to play your role well?
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a relevant field is preferred.
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Demonstrable experience (2+ years) in an engineering leadership or co-ordination role.
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4+ years of experience in engineering roles with hands-on technical input.
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A track record in delivering and maintaining web-facing products and services via 24/7 on-call teams.
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A flair for communicating in spoken and written English, to a wide variety of nationalities.
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Willingness to travel to the USA and Europe for work-related activities.
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An understanding of Content Delivery Networks, Streaming media delivery and OTT concepts for scaled Live and VOD content distribution is preferable – if not, full training will be provided.
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Operational knowledge of key internet technologies, e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP/S and DNS protocols.
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Effective use of SRE to achieve safe, consistent technology operations
What can you expect in return?
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Working in an international environment on an impactful globally scaled technology in cross-functional team with an agile approach.
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Open and healthy working culture where we care about people as much as about stability of the code.
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Work equipment as per your specifications.
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Annual bonus based on your performance.
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Hybrid work, combining working from our office to be closer to the team and working from home.
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Work life balance thanks to flexible working hours.
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Generous free day scheme providing 25 days of holidays + 5 days of on-demand leave (sick days).
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Contribution to Multisport Card or Benefit Card.
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Meal Allowance.
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Team building activities.
Top Skills
What We Do
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter. At Sky, we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA.
We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV, Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure, reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home protection through Sky Protect.
We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we provide free access to news and the arts.
We believe that we can have a positive impact on society, by supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs, addressing digital inequality, being a diverse and inclusive employer, and becoming net zero carbon by 2030.
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