Junior Software Engineer
Junior Software Engineer, Python
CS&D
Permanent
Leeds | White City, London - Hybrid 1-2 days per week in the office
Hiring range: £35,000 - £50,000
For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.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 intelligent junior software engineer to join our experienced software engineering function in CST. This is a fantastic opportunity to help us build out our M&E pipeline by integrating with SDVI Rally.
To ensure success as a Junior Software Engineer, you should have an analytical mindset, demonstrate a logical approach to problem solving and have an understanding of the software development lifecycle. You will be expected to learn quickly through a combination of structured training, mentoring and other resources.
As a Junior Engineer you will learn to:
- Engineer software in the Python programming language to a high standard.
- Use software architecture techniques to visualise and comprehend software application environments.
- Create logical and maintainable code.
- Test code and analyse results to correct errors found.
- Conduct a range of tests, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
- Apply cloud based architecture standards using the ITV Common Platform on AWS Cloud infrastructure.
- Follow Agile software engineering project and workstream delivery management techniques.
- Use pair programming techniques for coding in a team and knowledge sharing.
- Use Github, Jenkins and other repository or pipeline management solutions.
- Contribute to the definition and sizing of tasks for initiatives entering the team.
- Support and translate the operational needs of the content delivery and ops teams into efficient, practical solutions and processes
Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)
- Analytical mindset, able to demonstrate logical reasoning and a structured approach to problem solving.
- Passion for technology or engineering with the ability to demonstrate it through your study, personal projects or work.
- Experience as a software developer in a production environment in any language (Python preferred)
- An appreciation of the importance of developing maintainable code.
- Ability to listen and take direction from others.
- 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.
- Demonstrates a 'can do' attitude.
- Rigorous approach with attention to detail.
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
- Awareness of system design, with the desire to understand how your work integrates within a larger system.
- Awareness of Agile processes and structures and the value they bring to product and software development.
- Experience with version control and CI/CD (e.g. Git, Github, Jenkins or other build and deployment tooling).
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (Amazon Web Services preferred).
- Understanding of testing techniques and strategies.
- Experience of working with SDVI Rally or any other media supply chain orchestrators.
- Experience of media or broadcast related workflow systems or services.
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:
- 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
Closing date: Friday 14th February 2025]]>