Senior Software Engineer; Golang

Job Description

We don’t just believe in better. We make it happen. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, Sky Stream to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.

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.

• Build, release and support customer‑facing products and services at scale
• Develop across the stack, using Go for backend services and Type Script/React for frontend applications
• Design and implement maintainable components, APIs and integrations in Kubernetes platform and AWS environment
• Improve code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD and release reliability
• Diagnose and resolve issues in live systems, including incident support and root‑cause analysis
• Work with product, design and engineering peers to deliver effective solutions and contribute to technical direction

• Strong commercial experience designing, building and operating well‑architected, distributed applications on AWS
• Strong backend development experience in Go
• Strong frontend development experience in Type Script with a modern framework
• Experience building and troubleshooting automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, setting up observability, and supporting live systems in production
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction
• Good judgement, clear communication and a product engineering mindset

• Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms and serverless architectures
• Experience working in large‑scale consumer or platform environments
• Solid experience with AWS CDK, Pulumi or Terraform
• Strong experience with MySQL or similar RDBMSs
• Experience with architectural practices, such as ADRs and RFCs

• 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
• Shares save and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited Employer and welcome applications from all candidates. We will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate.

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the United Kingdom. Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.

Successful applications may be required to complete a criminal record check and, depending on the convictions, the offer could be withdrawn.