Sky

Platform Engineer

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3 days ago
Prague, CzechiaMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage multi-CDN configurations for optimal content delivery and redundancy.
  • Build and maintain internal platform services, APIs, and developer tooling primarily with Python.
  • Develop automation and scripting with Python, Bash, and TypeScript.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools for development, troubleshooting, and documentation.
  • Monitor CDN performance, analyze metrics, and troubleshoot issues to maintain high availability and low latency.
  • Develop and automate cloud infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Build and improve automated testing, deployment, and delivery pipelines.
  • Collaborate with developers and SREs and participate in the team’s support and on-call rotation.
  • Implement security measures and support compliance for CDN and edge services.
  • Maintain CDN configuration documentation and provide performance reports.

Requirements

  • Strong practical experience developing maintainable, production-quality Python software.
  • Experience with software testing, code reviews, debugging, version control, and maintainable software design.
  • Experience using TypeScript, Bash, or similar scripting languages for engineering automation.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, coding agents, or similar tools.
  • Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Experience with Git, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions.
  • Understanding of HTTP, DNS, caching, load balancing, and CDN technologies.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across software, infrastructure, and distributed systems.
  • Ability to collaborate with developers, SREs, security specialists, and platform teams.
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service workflows, or CLI tools is desirable.
  • Experience with CDN providers such as Akamai, Cloudflare, or Fastly is desirable.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work with a mix of office and home working.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • 25 days of holidays, 5 days of on-demand leave, 2 days of paid community volunteering leave, and 1 day of paid leave for moving house.
  • Annual performance bonus.
  • 18,000 CZK annual wellbeing allowance.
  • Fully covered Multisport card or a 950 CZK monthly Benefit Card contribution.
  • 225 CZK per day meal allowance.
  • Premium life insurance scheme.
  • Free tickets to Universal Theme Parks.
  • International collaboration with teams in Prague, London, Lisbon, and the United States.
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About Sky

10,000+ employees

Sky is a European media and telecommunications company that provides pay TV, streaming, broadband, and mobile services to consumers and businesses. Its revenue comes primarily from subscriptions and advertising, alongside original content production and licensing. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Osterley, Middlesex, it operates across the UK and Europe and is owned by Comcast. Its technology teams also support streaming platforms such as Peacock and SkyShowtime.

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