Overview

YouView is a TV software provider that utilises set-top boxes, streaming pucks and Smart TVs to create the YouView User Experience. YouView’s TV experience is powered by our reliable, resilient, and secure cloud backend, and our unique firmware allows us to control media playback, security and lower-level components. Our platform delivers variety and convenience by combining on-demand with live TV through an integrated editorial lens, which means our users get the best rich and relevant TV content across both free and pay services.

YouView has proudly collaborated with Everyone TV to introduce Freely, a ground-breaking streaming service that is set to revolutionise free TV in the UK. Launched in April 2024, Freely offers users a seamless experience by providing a single access point to stream live and on-demand content from all major UK broadcasters, eliminating the hassle of app-switching.

We are thrilled to serve as the technology partner to ETV in bringing to market a TV experience that will enable millions of UK households to discover and enjoy the best of free TV on the next generation of leading Smart TVs. Our collaboration with ETV aligns with their mission of ensuring the universality of public-service television is sustained into the future. Moreover, it contributes to ensuring that the broadcasting landscape remains as competitive, creative, and inclusive as it is today.

The Role

YouView collects hundreds of millions of data points daily, and we are looking for a Software Engineer with a passion for big data to help us turn this data into actionable insights. As part of an agile team, you will work with product owners, engineers, external stakeholders, and data scientists from across the business to help us develop the systems and models needed to deliver a cutting-edge TV experience that UK households love.

• Work with engineers, data scientists, product managers, external stakeholders, and data users to understand data needs.

• Analyse source systems, define underlying data sources and transformation requirements, design suitable data models and document the design/specifications.

• Implement new data validation methods and tools.

• Collaborate with our team of Infrastructure Engineers to design, build and maintain data extraction, load, and transformation solutions (ELT) at scale.

• Automate repetitive data tasks using tools like Python/Spark/AWS Glue

• Identify and tune bottlenecks within the Data Lake/Data Warehouse.

• Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies

Essential Skills & Experience:

• A self-starter - you take the initiative in spotting opportunities and finding ways to solve the problems that large quantities of data bring

• You can clearly explain your technical work to various stakeholders at different levels.

• You can demonstrate how you have automated a complex, error-prone, or otherwise time-consuming task.

• You can write efficient SQL across multiple database engines.

• You have hands-on experience with a programming language such as Python, Java or Golang.

• You can turn complex business requirements into scalable, robust, and explorable data products.

• You have familiarity with Big Data technologies such as Spark, DBT and Redshift and working with data at a significant scale.

• You are familiar with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools like AWS CloudFormation.

• You can quickly get a grasp of any dataset that you are working with

• You have experience with data modelling philosophies such as Kimball.

• You have familiarity with BI data tools like Looker, Tableau, Omni, Hex, or similar

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary on offer

• Annual Bonus

• Flexible working

• Hybrid working model - we require all employees to come into the office 4 days per month.

• Relaxed office environment in the City of London, near Aldgate East station

• Pension Plan

• Private Healthcare

• Holiday purchase programme

• Staff Discount Scheme

• Home Office Allowance up to £400 to ensure you have the right tools/equipment for setting up at home.

• Access to Learnably with an individual training budget to support your personal development & growth.

• Cycle 2 Work Scheme - Claim £2500 towards purchasing a bike/equipment.

• Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health First Aiders

• Generous family-friendly policies

 We are committed to making our selection process accessible to everyone. If you need adjustments, please contact teamrecruitment@youview.com

Offer to Interview Scheme:

Applicants who apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and meet the ‘minimum criteria’ for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone who wishes to make an application.

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At YouView, we are committed to creating a work environment where every colleague feels safe and comfortable being their authentic self, while also experiencing a strong sense of belonging that enables everyone to thrive.

We place great value on building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees, inspiring innovation, and helping us to realise our vision and have a positive impact on society. 

YouView is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team of exceptional individuals. We are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognise that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger.

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, marital status, neurodivergent or disability status, and it is our strong belief that the more inclusive we are as a business, the better our work will be.

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