Java & .NET Developer

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Content Platforms team within Content Technology and Innovation at Sky. As a Software Engineer, you will work in a collaborative, high-performing delivery team responsible for building and supporting mission-critical platforms that ensure Sky's content reaches millions of customers across products such as Sky Q, Sky Glass, Sky Go and NOW.

For this role we offer the hybrid working approach with 2 days a week onsite in Osterley office.

What you'll do

• Build, enhance and maintain cloud-based services and applications that form part of Sky's Group Content Platform.

• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from analysis and design through to implementation, testing and post-launch support.

• Work on distributed systems using technologies such as Java, Spring, Kafka, .NET (C#) and AWS , ensuring reliability, scalability and performance.

• Contribute to the technical direction of the team, promoting strong engineering standards, clean design and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate closely with analysts, testers and other engineers within an agile (Scrum) delivery team, taking part in ceremonies, code reviews and pair programming.

• Support, maintain and improve both cloud-based and on-premise applications (including legacy tech stacks), diagnosing issues, ensuring operational stability and adapting to evolving team priorities.

• Solid previous experience building backend services using Java (Spring) and .NET (C#) in a production environment.

• Good working knowledge of SQL databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases such as Couchbase .

• Experience with event-driven or asynchronous architectures , including messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka .

• Hands-on experience delivering solutions in a cloud environment , ideally AWS , and working with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Applied knowledge of software engineering best practices, including object - oriented design, APIs (REST), automated testing, CI/CD and Agile methodologies .

• Demonstrable adaptability and flexibility, with experience working across both modern cloud-based systems and legacy/on-premise environments, and the ability to respond to shifting team and platform priorities.

Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate., Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. We'd love to hear from you Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. True