Job Description

Workplace: White City, London - Hybrid working

The role

The successful candidate will work within a cross functional team(s) within our Video domain to deliver software that meets the needs of ITV's streaming business. The ideal candidate will be a smart, kind person with a keen enthusiasm for Video Streaming technology. They should be able to display the aptitude and experience appropriate for a senior level video engineer.

Main responsibilities

Stay updated with the latest video streaming trends, emerging technologies, and best practices Be an exceptional leader who will help evolve video playback of our streaming platform Be great communicator who is able to articulate complex concepts to a wide variety of audiences with differing levels of technical understanding Be a highly effective collaborator, an effective listener, positive contributor and respectful of differing opinions Take ownership and accountability of projects and see them through to their conclusion High level of attention to detail to ensure high quality deliverables Ensuring work is suitably tested Ensuring work is suitably reviewed Helping to break down high level designs into manageable pieces of work Collaborating effectively Working towards a warm, welcoming, and inclusive team environment Sharing plans and working towards shared understanding Keeping your team accountable Discussing how your community works Helping shape community policy, e.g. testing policies, development practices, on-boarding approaches Helping with initiatives, e.g. the graduate programme Knowledge sharing Participating in office-hours support work Participating in out-of-hours support Thinking holistically about the software your community maintains

Skills you'll need

(minimum criteria)




Extensive experience as a Video Engineer, preferably with experience at a senior level In-depth knowledge of streaming protocols (HLS, MPEG-DASH, DVB-DASH) and adaptive streaming techniques A thorough knowledge of Packaging - both static and Just In Time Familiarity with Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) and Client-side Ad Insertion (CSAI) Previous experiences of using VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) and beaconing Deep understanding of various DRM technologies PlayReady, Widevine and Fairplay and their associated different levels L1/3 SL2000/3000 Understands the basics of video codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1) Good understanding of CDN configuration and can independently resolve issues General AWS experience (Lamba, EKS etc)

Other things we're looking for

(key criteria)




Continuous delivery / deployment principles and practices Unix command line and basic systems administration Experience of QoS monitoring tools Experience with data querying at scale to identify issues and performance, e.g. Athena, Splunk, Grafana. Experience of agile delivery and collaborative team working Understanding of monitoring and performance concerns * Understanding and application of software design and architectural patterns