Software Engineer, YouView

Automation Infrastructure

Salary not provided

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Linux

Jenkins

Ansible

MySQL

Puppet

Chef

Logstash

Git

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

1+ day a week in office (Aldgate Tower, London)

Subscription-free and easy-to-use TV service

Job no longer available

Subscription-free and easy-to-use TV service

201-500 employees

B2CEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Linux

Jenkins

Ansible

MySQL

Puppet

Chef

Logstash

Git

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

1+ day a week in office (Aldgate Tower, London)

201-500 employees

B2CEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMedia

Company mission

To bring together online media and the traditional broadcast services into a single, easy to use product that makes connected television an everyday viewing experience.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Proven experience in managing Linux systems with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet)
Linux configuration and scripting using Bash
Containers and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenVZ, LXC)
Proficiency in a programming language (ideally Python)
Version control and working in a shared codebase (Git)
Continuous integration with Jenkins or similar software
Your background could be from many different domains, but we've found the most suitable candidates from digital content companies, consumer-facing platforms, start-ups, or anywhere that's building out novel, high performance, distributed architectures, and systems
You may have previously worked as a software developer or systems administrator and be looking for a role which combines elements of both
You'll be a talented engineer keen to hone your skills and influence us to adopt new technologies, practices & services. YouView has ambitious plans, and there are opportunities to develop and progress towards technical leadership positions

Desirable

SQL and database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite)
Virtualisation (Vagrant, VirtualBox)
Monitoring and log management (Nagios, Icinga, LogStash)
RedHat derivatives (Fedora, CentOS, systemd)
Distributed storage cluster (Ceph)
Web servers (Apache, nginx)
Understanding of software testing, television and broadcast IP platforms

What the job involves

You’ll be joining a truly full-stack engineering team that designs and builds a range of services and systems that enable automated testing and remote video streaming for televisions and set top boxes
You will also be building and maintaining our on-prem application hosting infrastructure to support YouView’s build, release, and development teams, ensuring the reliability and high availability of our platform
You will be working alongside a skilled team of engineers, applying continuous improvement to our systems using an Infrastructure as Code model
Provision and maintain Linux servers, storage, databases, services and applications
Manage and improve the continuous integration, software release and deployment processes
Detect, investigate and resolve hardware or CPU/storage/memory/network issues
Evaluate and implement solutions to extend our test capability and improve the platform
Develop and maintain scripts and services to facilitate automated testing
Collect, analyse and report metrics on infrastructure availability and utilisation
Manage and report on the inventory of all hardware and software resources
Contribute to software development tasks

Salary benchmarks

Our take

YouView is a subscription-free TV service with over 70 live digital channels. A joint venture between the major UK TV channels and broadband providers, it combines seven-day catch-up with a library of on-demand television programmes, films and radio.

Broadly available as part of broadband bundles as well as at major retailers, YouView is a well-established and well-known brand in the space. Atop its broad range of content it also boasts record, pause and rewind features - making it an attractive option for modern viewers.