Principal Engineer

Join us at Sky Portugal and be part of our exciting journey to lead the way in the streaming tech world!

As a Principal Mobile Engineer you'll play a key role in our innovative team dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for our global customers.

From powering platforms like NBCUniversal’s Peacock in the United States to Sky’s NOW, and SkyShowtime across Europe, and now Showmax in over 40 countries in Africa, one thing’s for certain, your contributions will impact millions of viewers worldwide.

What You’Ll Do:

• As a Principal Engineer you’ll be at the heart of building world-class systems for Sky. You will be responsible for contributing to, and helping shape the technical direction of the department, while helping us deliver on the technical aspects our departmental vision. 
• Set and maintain the long-term technical strategy in collaboration with team members, and lead critical architectural decisions across their codebase in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Provide technical leadership across entire codebases, acting as a subject matter expert and key decision maker for architecture, scalability, and system reliability. 
• Define strategic technical direction and develop actionable plans to improve KPIs. 
• Shape the engineering culture and establish technical standards that promote consistency, reusability, and high-quality development practices across the organization.
• Making good decisions about when to invest in building solutions ourselves, when to buy off-the-shelf and when to partner with 3rd parties. 
• Mentoring other software engineers on best practice and contribute to the development of others. 
• Raise the bar of the code quality and testing of the teams you work with to ensure the best possible journeys for our business and customers.  
• Lead platform-level and strategic technical innovation efforts, evaluating and integrating emerging technologies that drive long-term value in collaboration with senior leadership. 

What You’Ll Bring:

• Experience and strong ability in Swift or Android
• Ability to make good technical decisions and to convince others as to the merits and reasons for those decision. 
• Demonstrable track record in the design and delivery of leading-edge strategic business solutions from concept through implementation. 
• You should display a high understanding of application design and architecture and have proven leadership skills. 
• Balancing the ability to get the job done and maintaining a high-quality bar. 
• Have mentored other team members and committed to helping them improve. 
• Competitive Rewards: Above market salary, yearly bonus, and access to a share-save plan.
• Work-Life Flexibility: Embrace a hybrid working model and enjoy flexible holidays.
• Balancing the ability to get the job done and maintaining a high-quality bar. 
• Have mentored other team members and committed to helping them improve. 
• Competitive Rewards: Above market salary, yearly bonus, and access to a share-save plan.
• Work-Life Flexibility: Embrace a hybrid working model and enjoy flexible holidays.

Benefits & Perks:

• Employee Benefits Plan: Access a wide range of benefits that are designed and tailored to your everyday needs.
• Health and Well-Being: Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family.
• Continuous Learning: Access learning and development opportunities and an additional budget that you can use for education and professional training.
• Tech Perks: Mobile phone with a data plan, and access to several partnerships and discounts.
• Entertainment Goodies: Enjoy the best of entertainment with a complimentary SkyShowtime subscription.
• Referral Rewards: Participate in our employee referral program and reap the rewards.
• Tech Perks: Mobile phone with a data plan, and access to several partnerships and discounts.
• Entertainment Goodies: Enjoy the best of entertainment with a complimentary SkyShowtime subscription.
• Referral Rewards: Participate in our employee referral program and reap the rewards.

Why Wait?

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