Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about building a modern, scalable, and resilient platform and pushes the boundaries on playback excellence. We give you the autonomy over the software you build and the freedom to choose the right tool for the job. In return, we expect you to take ownership of the system. Your teamThe R&D group is responsible for building and delivering the enablement platform for the current and next generation of media experiences in the fields of personalization, content interaction, and social interaction, all of which are at the core of DAZN's value proposition.Key parts of the workflow are: ingestion, transcoding of various video and audio live/VOD assets, personalized processing, and distribution across the world to end-users, while allowing collaboration among users, all in real-time. The service built by this group will drive a suite of SDKs provisioned across several devices, including mobile, TVs, and desktop, used globally by the company’s customers. Some of the benefits of working with us include a dynamic and challenging work environment, learning and development resources, working with the most advanced technologies, a family-friendly community, the opportunity for flexible working, and full access to DAZN broadcasts.

As our new Senior Backend SW Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Build and maintain scalable microservices
• Deliver maintainable, robust, and testable code
• Collaborate with Product Managers, and other Software Engineers to deliver a compelling user experience
• Share knowledge and collaborate with other developers 
• Evolve and design the services that power the engagement cloud experience
• Build highly resilient and scalable solutions on the cloud, impacting millions of users
• Partner with the other Software Engineering teams to create end to end solutions

You’ll be set up for success if you have:

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• At least 7 years programming experience
• Proven expert level knowledge in python
• Experience with cloud and/or microservices 
• Senior-level understanding of design patterns and architectures
• Strong analytical skills
• Production development experience: unit tests, integration tests, monitoring
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with people at all seniority levels
• Can-do attitude!

Even better if you have:

• Technical understanding of video encoding, DRM, Video Playback
• Proven knowledge in other backend languages
• Experienced with working on networking technology and approaches, e.g. client-server, peer-to-peer, writing network code using TCP/IP and UDP stacks and networking 
• Experienced with RT web technologies
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery experience
• Experience with AWS

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.If you're ambitious, inventive, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at DAZN. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity and where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible. We will do our best to accommodate adjustments for interviews.We look forward to hearing from you.