Software Engineer, Python CS&D Permanent Leeds | White City, London - Hybrid 1-2 days per week in the office Hiring range: £45,000 - £60,000 For more information please email TalkingCareersitv.com Your work matters to millions. Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution. When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people. Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV. Your impact sends ripples. The team Content Supply and Distribution (CS&D) is a key group within ITV’s Media & Entertainment business that is responsible for managing ITV’s content and data from source to screen across linear and VoD supply chains. The Content Supply Technology (CST) group develops and maintains the underpinning technology platforms, as well as the supporting functions of business analysis, architecture and project management. All this enables us to deliver ITVs famous and popular content from its multiple sources to our online platforms, to our B2B partners and to ITV’s family of linear TV channels. As part of our strategic initiative to simplify our content pipeline, we are integrating with the SDVI Rally product, a leading industry-recognised cloud-native supply chain management platform. This will help the technology and operations teams in CS&D simplify our content workflow, and give better visibility of status and costs in a more connected and scalable ecosystem for the business. The role We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced software engineer to join our software engineering function in CST, while also strengthening links with our operations teams. This role is a fantastic opportunity to help us build out our M&E pipeline by integrating with SDVI Rally. To ensure success in this role, you should have an analytical mindset, and have extensive knowledge of the Python programming language and the software development life-cycle. You will also possess effective communication skills and be comfortable communicating at all levels. We need our engineers to be versatile, team orientated and enthusiastic to take on new problems as we strive to improve and optimise our content supply chain processes. Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria) Experience of working with SDVI Rally or any other media supply chain orchestrators. Experience mentoring Junior or less experienced engineers. Experience of media or broadcast related workflow systems or services. Experience writing and using Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) tools, such as GitHub Actions. Experience with serverless components, such as AWS Lambda. Experience as a Python developer working with recent Python versions in a production environment. Have the ability to write maintainable and testable code, with a rigorous approach and attention to detail. Analytical mindset, able to demonstrate logical reasoning and a structured approach to problem solving. Knowledge of building and working with APIs including REST and GraphQL, and a good knowledge of Microservices architecture and messaging systems such as AMQP or SNS/SQS. Familiarity with large system software design and development. Ability to work from your own initiative and as a part of a team, motivated for continuous learning and knowledge sharing. Strong communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills. Solid understanding of engineering best practices. Experience working with Agile methodologies. As a Core Engineer you will (key criteria) Engineer software in the Python programming language to a high standard. Understand, develop and communicate software solutions and architecture collaboratively. Create readable, well architected and maintainable code. Be responsible for producing high quality, well tested code utilising a range of automated tests that allow for confident release into production. Write infrastructure as code to deliver cloud resources onto Amazon Web Services. Engage as part of a cross functional Agile development team to deliver high quality solutions within wider project deadlines. Use extreme programming practices including pair programming for engineering solutions and knowledge sharing as part of a self organising Scrum team. Use Github, Jenkins and other repository or pipeline management solutions. Contribute to the discovery, scope, definition and sizing of tasks and ticket breakdown for initiatives entering the team. Support and translate the operational needs of the content delivery and ops teams into efficient, practical solutions and processes. ITV is for everyone. ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage (minimum criteria above). We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. D rop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareersitv.com. Find out more about applying with a disability. There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications. Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it. ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including: Flexible working with a range of options Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more Annual bonus opportunity Competitive pension contribution Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life More about our benefits Closing date: Friday 14th February 2025