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Data Engineering Tech Lead
Data
Permanent
White City | Manchester | Leeds
Hiring range: £85,000 - £95,000
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 role
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineering Tech Lead to drive the design, development, and implementation of data processing pipelines using PySpark. As a technical leader, you will collaborate with our engineers, platform team, and wider business stakeholders to ensure we deliver high-quality, well-architected data solutions.
Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)
1. Deep expertise in PySpark is essential
2. Hands on experience with GCP and modern data tools (Airflow, BigQuery, etc)
3. Expertise in delivering production-grade code including automated testing and able to deploy code via CI/CD platforms (e.g. Github Actions, Jenkins)
4. Proven ability to lead technical projects from conception to completion
5. Excellent communication skills with both technical and business audiences
6. Passion for coaching and growing engineers
7. Experience in the broadcasting and streaming domain a plus
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
1. Cloud Platform: AWS/GCP
2. Apache Spark, Airflow, Messaging Queues
3. Artifacts/ storage: Cloud Image Repos (i.e. Artifact Registry), GCS, S3, BigQuery
4. Languages: Python, SQL, and Scala is a plus but not essential
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. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.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:
1. Flexible working with a range of options
2. Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
3. Annual bonus opportunity
4. Competitive pension contribution
5. Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
6. 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 17th January 2025
Company
ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK. Which means we offer some of the biggest career opportunities in the industry.
We love telly, we’re passionate about content, and most importantly we understand our audiences. Thanks to an impressive 60-year history, our leadership is stronger than ever. And with the right people on board, we’re about to take our business – and broadcasting as we know it – to a whole new level.
We’ve also got the kind of inclusive working environment where you’ll never stop learning. One that’s at the heart of popular culture, that’s passionate about new tech, that has a truly international reach, and is incredibly focused on developing our teams; individuals and on the diversity of our workforce as a whole.
In other words, it’s somewhere that everyone can thrive.
We’re 60 years of TV history - and we’re also its future. Which means there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
Here at ITV, we celebrate individuality, we’re committed to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
ITV loves a level playing field
It’s just a natural part of what we do.
It’s your talent that really matters and we want you to be the best you can be. So, our aim is to make sure our workforce reflects the diversity of modern society, which is why we promise to treat you with fairness and respect, whatever your age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity or marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status and family circumstances.
As members of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN), we’ve made a public commitment to improve representation of society on screen, and to become more diverse and inclusive behind the scenes too. Our work under ITV’s Social Partnership underpins our commitment across programme making and production for better representation. At the end of the day we want our workforce to represent the audience it serves. It’s a pretty big goal, but one that we get closer to all the time.
If you need to discuss an alternative way to submit your application, we’ll always try to meet your individual needs wherever possible. To find out more, you can email us direct at talkingcareers@itv.com.
For further details & a list of our vacancies, please visit itvcareers.com.
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