Overview

Position Title: Data Engineer

Company:  ITV

Location:  Lancaster, UK

Job Description

At ITV, we’re well on our way to becoming a digital first business. We’re transforming the way we work so that tech is at the heart of everything we do. It’s what our More Than TV strategy is all about. And none of it would be possible without our data – and the people behind it.
We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can’t get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in… and we do all this through the power of creativity.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Prototype new approaches and productionise solutions at scale for our millions of active users.
  • Process large amounts of data using spark to ensure data are readily available for machine learning models, analytics and business intelligence.
  • Optimise and maintain existing data pipelines to improve performance, data quality and increase business impact.
  • Work closely with backend engineers to create source aligned data products in line with business requirements and engineering best practices.
  • Communicate complex solutions in a clear and understandable way to both experts and non-experts.
  • Build highly scalable data pipelines leveraging our data platform for both batch and streaming data.
  • Responsibility line managing junior team members.
  • Be a team player in our collaborative and cross-functional environment.
  • Collaborate with a cross functional team including Data Strategists, Data Scientists and business stakeholders.
  • Passion for learning new skills and staying up-to-date with the latest technologies.

 

Requirements:

  • Strong experience with Spark (Scala or Pyspark).
  • Experience standardising ETL pipelines.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing data pipelines leveraging Spark, Kafka, SQL.
  • Ability to write production-grade Python and / or Scala code.
  • Good knowledge of AWS data services.
  • Experience deploying code using Jenkins as CI/CD.
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About ITV

It’s an exciting time to join ITV. With the largest commercial family of channels in the UK and with our global footprint growing, we’re about to take not only our business, but also broadcasting, as we know it, to a whole new level.

We have a rich history for making fantastic award winning programs and we’re proud of it. In addition to traditional broadcasting on our channels, we deliver our content on demand through numerous platforms, both directly and via the ITV Hub. Through ITV Studios, our international content business - the largest production company in the UK, we produce content for both our own channels and third parties in the UK and increasingly overseas.

Our leadership is stronger than ever, together, we all work hard to focus on our people, on new technologies and the creative impact that makes ITV such a powerhouse.

We love what we do for our audience; we’ve built a lasting, warm and reassuring relationship with our viewers. They trust, like and look to us every day. We make our audience think, we make them sigh, we make them smile. If the prospect makes you do the same, we’d love for you to explore our current opportunities.