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About The Company
Sky is a leading media and entertainment company dedicated to connecting millions of people with engaging content, innovative products, and exceptional services. With a commitment to excellence and continuous innovation, Sky offers a diverse range of entertainment, sports, news, and arts through its cutting-edge platforms and services. The company’s mission is to deliver better experiences for its customers, colleagues, and society by embracing technology, fostering creativity, and maintaining high standards of quality and service. Sky’s dynamic environment encourages growth, collaboration, and the pursuit of excellence, making it a preferred employer for professionals seeking impactful careers in the tech, product, and data domains.
About The Role
The Principal Engineer role at Sky is a senior leadership position within the Data and AI team, focused on shaping the future of data platforms and solutions. Operating within defined domains, the Principal Engineer provides technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic guidance to Solution Architects and engineering teams. This role involves defining and guiding complex, high-impact data architectures, establishing engineering standards, and driving innovation through scalable, cloud-native data solutions. The Principal Engineer acts as a bridge between Data Engineering, Data Architecture, and wider Technology functions, ensuring alignment and consistency across initiatives. The role requires a deep technical expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture, with a focus on delivering resilient, high-performance data products that support Sky’s growth ambitions. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with stakeholders to shape roadmaps, influence platform direction, and embed best practices across teams, all while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
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Qualifications
- Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture
- Proficiency in GCP, AWS, or Azure platforms
- Strong knowledge of Python and/or Node.js (version 8+)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Jenkins
- Master-level proficiency in SQL, ideally BigQuery, with performance tuning skills
- Strong capabilities in data modeling, semantic layer design, and data profiling
- Experience in designing scalable, cloud-native data solutions
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and build cross-functional relationships
- Expertise in data quality frameworks, governance standards, and secure data handling
- Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex data principles for non-technical audiences
Desirable qualifications include recent experience with AI-powered solutions, autonomous workflows, large language models (LLMs), orchestration frameworks, and secure, scalable AI integrations.
Responsibilities
- Act as the technical lead for engineering teams, providing mentorship, code reviews, and technical guidance to uplift engineering maturity
- Define and oversee the technical architecture for complex data products and platforms, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
- Establish and promote engineering and architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across multiple squads
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, cloud-native data solutions, driving innovation and adoption of new tools and technologies
- Embed rigorous validation, profiling, automated testing, and monitoring practices to ensure data quality, resilience, and performance
- Lead the development of frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines, future capability enhancements, and cloud-agnostic platforms
- Collaborate with product leaders, architects, and stakeholders to shape platform roadmaps and strategic initiatives
- Ensure consistency and alignment across teams by working closely with peer Principal Engineers and sharing best practices
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence within the team
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Benefits
- Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
- Pension scheme with up to 9% employer contribution
- Private healthcare with mental health support
- Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
- Discounts on Sky products such as Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass, and Sky Protect
- Sharesave and technology schemes
- Access to Sky VIP rewards and exclusive experiences
How You’ll Work
The role adopts a hybrid working model, offering flexibility in where and how work is conducted. The expectation is to work two days per week in the office at Livingston Watermark, Sky’s central site located between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The office provides vibrant workspaces, chill-out areas, onsite canteen, and accessible transportation options, including a shuttle bus from Livingston North station and onsite parking. This flexible approach aims to support work-life balance while fostering collaboration and team engagement.
Equal Opportunity
Sky is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We value and encourage applications from all candidates, regardless of background, gender, ethnicity, disability, or other characteristics. As a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, we are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments to support all applicants and ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. We believe that diverse teams drive innovation and excellence and are proud to promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
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