Broadcast Systems Engineer

Senior Broadcast Systems Engineerdazn Group Limited
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
9 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Systems Engineering
Cloud Computing

Job description

As Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer, you will be DAZN's subject matter expert in the design, deployment, and optimisation of the broadcast systems that power our global operations. You'll play a key role in both on-premises infrastructure at our Leeds broadcast centre and in cloud-based deployments, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, and performance. With DAZN's rapid expansion, you'll lead the evolution and automation of our systems to meet growing demands without scaling linearly, ensuring efficiency and resilience at every stage. You'll collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and product teams to orchestrate public cloud workflows, optimise system efficiency, and future-proof our broadcast technology. This is a role for an innovative engineer who combines technical expertise with strategic vision for the future of broadcasting. What You'll Be Doing:

  • Design and configuration of the systems that underpin the DAZN broadcast workflows and meet project requirements.
  • Work with other teams to test solutions and agree workflows
  • Lead system acceptance test planning and execution.
  • Lead documentation and wargaming on systems you create.
  • Act as our subject matter expert in our migration to cloud and hybrid cloud environments and system automation.
  • Shape the software products we use, adding features our teams need

What You'll Bring

Requirements

  • Proven track record in broadcast engineering within a modern, live sports environment.
  • Strong expertise in both on-premises and cloud-based broadcast systems.
  • Ability to design and implement scalable, efficient workflows.
  • Familiarity with orchestration, automation, and optimisation of media systems.
  • Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills.
  • Experience of working with AWS would be great

Benefits & conditions

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days' annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events. About DAZN At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. DAZN VALUES - THE 'HOW' IN WHAT WE DO: Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. If you'd like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can. We look forward to hearing from you.

About the company

Joining DAZN means becoming part of a global sports media pioneer that's redefining how fans watch the games they love. From Serie A in Italy to the Bundesliga in Germany and world-class boxing events across the globe, we bring the biggest sports to the biggest markets. Available in over 150 countries, DAZN has grown at incredible speed since its launch in 2016 - and we're only getting started. As part of our broadcast technology team in Leeds, you'll work on systems that deliver thousands of live events to millions of viewers worldwide. This is a rare opportunity to combine cutting-edge broadcast engineering, sports passion, and problem-solving to help shape the future of global sports streaming., Always on the brink of change. Innovating, elevating and pioneering. We are transforming the way the world consumes sports entertainment. Bringing fans closer to their passion through the best technologies available. Our people help us make that happen. We're a global community where every opinion and idea can make a difference. Why? Because we're all about making things happen. We're all about using our team spirit to achieve what others might think is impossible. So if you're ambitious, inventive, passionate, brave and supportive, let's connect. You're the kind of person who's going to succeed at DAZN., We are DAZN - a place where people bring ambition to life. It's exciting, empowering and truly global. We are the digital leader in global sports media. With 2,400 employees in 25 countries, we are home to the world's largest, fastest-growing sports streaming service. We're pushing boundaries and doing things no-one has done before. Here, you have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen - to make a difference for our customers.

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