Senior AWS Developer

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What you'll do:

You could work on a migration project from one monolith CRM to another... yawn

or You could help invent experiences in: Media, Sports personalization and Discovery!

Join our new team! Build innovative applications using AI/ML to make new products that will be the future of media. We have a number of projects to work that all share the same goal: use AI/ML techniques to improve aspects of media consumption.

The Innovation and AI team's mission is to differentiate the Sky experience by making it more personal, more interactive and more engaging than ever before. As one of the first permanent team members you will have an awesome opportunity to join a speedboat environment and enable new ways for our customers to discover and enjoy the amazing content that Sky offers.

One of the projects we have recently launched creates a new experience for sports fans - personalised game highlights. We have a system set up for football and cricket, and we want to extend it to support multiple sport types in the near future. Another example is related to performing content analysis on our movies and entertainment programs where we need to detect and record various semantic entities and events to drive workflow automation and content discovery. There is more in the pipeline and the roadmap is growing every week! So, you will:

Develop excellent quality software

Participate in the full software lifecycle, including support and continuous integration

Contribute to the technical direction of the team

Provide guidance and mentoring to other developers on the team

Share and generate new ideas, provide constructive and useful feedback to peers

Work with internal Sky teams, external vendors and colleagues in Comcast in the US

Quickly build prototypes and work with top brains in ML across the industry

What you'll bring:

You are a very confident AWS software developer - this is a must (AWS certification is a bonus)

Proven ability to refactor and write performant, secure and clean code

Expertise in working and following the best practices of using AWS Lambda functions

Existing experience with Javascript/Typescript

Knowledge of the event driven architecture and serverless framework

Experience in other serverless applications development using DynamoDB, and API Gateway (Good to have)

Existing experience or ability to very quickly pick up Javascript/Typescript

It will be nice if you have experience working with Python, React, Lambda, Serverless Framework, DynamoDB, S3, AppSync/GraphQL, API Gateway, Step Functions etc

Restless attitude and a drive to always make things better and quicker

Passion for technology and a fast pace of delivery

Experience working with CI/CD in an agile team

The Rewards: There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband Where you'll work: 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, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you'll find six subsidised restaurants 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.

Inclusion: Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait? Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.