Content Delivery Network Engineer

Join us and build a streaming platform used by millions.  

Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies, and a part of Comcast Corporation, which also owns NBCUniversal (NBCU). We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events and provide free access to news and the arts.  

We work on the Global Streaming Platform supporting various video on demand products such as Sky Showtime, Peacock and Showmax. 

Sky tech hub in Prague consists of around 100 people and it will be growing in the future. These are mostly developers, video-streaming enthusiasts and experts, with extensive experience across markets, technology, and products working on the Global Streaming Platform. We are collaborating closely with our colleagues in the UK, Portugal and the US. 

What role will you play? 

The CDN Engineer will join our Content Delivery Engineering team, within the Global Video Engineering organization at NBCUniversal. The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring our propositions across Europe & Africa provide the highest quality experience for streaming VOD, Event and Linear content for our subscribers, by applying their subject matter expertise in the design and use of content delivery networks for web-scale video delivery. 

Responsibilities: 

• Build a comprehensive, technical understanding of how all global streaming products and associated technologies operate. 

• Develop current and new content delivery designs needed to improve performance & features for our products and services.    

• Provide diligent peer review to changes as part of a team focussed on reducing incidents and improving reliability. 

• Bring rigor and insight to the development of our FT and NFT test methods and procedures. 

• Have an eye for developing automation to reduce team toil and unforced errors. 

• Enjoy troubleshooting and complex problem solving, while collaborating with the team to arrive with results. 

• Make best use of all monitoring solutions to diagnose issues and support in-depth analyses.  

• Create and maintain operations runbooks for managing the production CDN network.  

• Participate in on-call rotation to resolve operational issues and performance degradation. 

What skills do you need to play your role well?  

• A sound, practical understanding of TCP/IP, IPv4/v6, DNS, HTTP, TLS and Load Balancing. 

• In-depth understanding of using Content Delivery Networks to deliver streaming media and/or services on continent scales. 

Desired Characteristics 

• Experience in digital video codecs and encoding profiles. 

• Use of scripting and/programming to solve problems.  

• Experience in digital media or direct-to-consumer video businesses. 

• Expertise with at-scale, distributed performance testing. 

• Experience with Web Application Firewalls and Denial of Service protection. 

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for presenting to a range of audiences. 

What can you expect in return?  

• Working in an international environment on an impactful globally scaled technology in cross-functional team with an agile approach  

• Open and healthy working culture where we care about people as much as about stability of the code   

• Work equipment as per your specifications  

• Annual bonus based on your performance 

• Hybrid work, combining 2 days working from our office to be closer to the team and 3 days working from home  

• Work life balance thanks to flexible working hours 

• Generous free day scheme providing 25 days of holidays + 5 days of on-demand leave (sick days) 

• Contribution to Multisport Card or Benefit Card  

• Meal Allowance 

• Team building activities