ITV Media

About the Company

Here at ITV we’re proud to be the most watched, most loved and biggest commercial broadcaster in the UK.

Advertising on ITVX and our huge family of channels offers a variety of premium programming giving you the ability to target all audiences. We can help you target all key demographics and seek out those hard to reach consumers.

With our unique regional audiences, you can focus your campaigns on smaller areas, maximising your budget whatever its size. So come and talk to us about how we can help you grow your brand.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

ITV Media

Job Title

Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer x2

CT&C

Permanent

White City, London

Hiring range: £120,000

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

Millions of people use the products we build. We're customer focused, informed by data and have a product mindset, using state-of-the-art cloud-first technology. Iterating and evolving daily. In a fast-changing world, we not only make sure our systems work effectively but our Technology teams are spearheading the transformation to a digital-first business. There’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

As part of the Advanced Advertising Technology team, the focus is on data analytics, monetisation and financial governance. 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.

The role

As a Principal Engineer you will be known as a technical authority and champion of engineering delivery. You will identify, define and nurture the how and the what with regards to our software engineering process. You will own and support initiatives which lift our general level of competency and working culture, and be excited about helping people achieve their full potential. You will be expected to work with a good degree of independence and autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

Capability: recruiting, building and maintaining a strong software engineering team
Line Management: line reporting for a small group of engineers
Product Development: working with your team and other CT&C engineering functions own, deliver and maintain the physical architecture / designs for the systems you are responsible for
Data Platform Development: Designing and building scalable, cloud-native data pipelines and machine learning workloads - data engineering
Machine Learning Solutions: Collaborating with data scientists to deliver ML based cloud solutions incorporating automated training pipelines, inference workflows. Implementation of CI/CD pipelines for deploying and monitoring ML models in production
Governance & Security: adhere to architecture governance practices and ensure compliance with ITV data privacy and security regulations. Follow best DevOps and DevSecOps practices, to ensure successful delivery, observability, operation and security of software in production.
Support & Monitoring: ensure all features conform to all observability requirements and suitable dashboards are in place. Promote a long term design philosophy to proactively reduce incidents and firefighting
Continuous Improvement: be proactive in introducing current and new industry trends and emerging technologies into our software engineering domain. Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and innovation to enhance software engineering capabilities. Lead PoCs and present their conclusions with recommendations. Engage with the ITV Common Platform team to promote feature enhancements and improvements and be an active community member. As well as being an active member of our appropriate CT&C guilds.

Personal Qualities

Leadership: you will inspire and influence others to work towards a common goal.
Delivery: you will have a reputation for software engineering excellence, which is derived from a deep personal interest in this field. You will consider yourself to be a highly competent and decisive problem solver, as well as highly motivated to always deliver value in a timely manner. As such, you will ensure your team is always productive and delivering value.
Technology outlook: Inquisitive and personal desire to stay up to date in evolving and changing technology approaches and tooling and how to meaningfully apply them to achieve improvements in productivity and quality.
Alignment approach: an eagerness to lead the discovery and decision process regarding tech choices, building alignment and promoting best practice within the engineering organisation.
T-shaped orientation: through collaboration you will consider and promote the needs of product management, product design, quality assurance, service management, support, change management and customer success.
Influence: You are experienced and confident in guiding your team, and the wider team, towards establishing a common understanding of goals and gaining acceptance of fresh concepts.
Outcome/Process Balance: you are a structured and process-oriented thinker, yet remain flexible and adaptable to eectively deliver desired outcomes and results.
Agile mindset: you embrace change and are willing to adapt to evolving requirements, as well as seek to promote continuous improvement both in your own work and that of the team.

Qualifications And Skills

6 years leading cross-discipline agile software engineering teams
Experience as a design authority (eg Software Architect) delivering a number of successful Web/API/micro-service or ML/data engineering based systems into production
Experience in designing and implementing a modern MLOps Architecture using Cloud-native or SaaS services bringing Data Science and modern Software Engineering together.
Deep understanding and awareness of software architecture design patterns and principles and able to communicate these effective and promote adoption
Historically strong programming and technology skills in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Terraform, JSON
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and associated services (e.g. Route53, Cognito, WAF, AppSync, RDS, AWS infra, Lambda, CloudWatch, EventBridge, Step Functions, S3, Sagemaker, Glue, PySpark etc)
Good knowledge of AWS and other Technology services for building Data-driven AI-based applications, creating a cloud environment via IaC for a scalable, secure, and reliable architecture
Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
Confident approaching development with TDD principles, embracing code quality standards, and integration with CI/CD tooling
Worked with source control systems such as Github, experience in deploying code via CI/CD platforms (e.g. Github Actions, Jenkins)
Knowledge of serverless monitoring and debugging tools, and DevSecOps tooling
Familiarity with data and ML modelling, model li...

London, United Kingdom

On site

03-03-2025

Company Name

ITV Media

Job Title

Production Journalist

Job Description

ITV Tyne Tees

4 roles available

2x 7 month contracts

1x 6 month contract

1x 4 month contract

Office location: Gateshead (This is an office based role unsuitable for hybrid working).

Hiring range: £29,034 - £39,697

Please note: This is to assist candidates in assessing their suitability for the role. The range does not represent a longer term salary commitment for the role.

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

Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster and produce a range of current affairs & factual programming at ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.

The role

We are looking for an experienced and multi-skilled Production Journalist to join our broadcast and digital news team at ITV News Tyne Tees.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated journalist, who loves the production and teamworking involved in news. You’ll have a current contacts list, bulging with links to different communities, the ability to bring in ideas and a clear understanding of how to get them to air.

As a Production Journalist you will have superb organisation skills with the ability to set up all the key elements of a story for television news. You will be able to cope well under pressure and be able to meet frequent tight deadlines.

The role is based in our Gateshead newsroom, and the successful candidate will work on television and digital news production, from producing early, late and weekend bulletins and planning stories, to creating online content that enhances our reputation and engages our digital audience.

You will have outstanding written and verbal communications skills, and the ability to demonstrate good working relationships with colleagues and external contacts. You will have excellent editorial judgement and social media skills. You will be qualified in Media Law and have a thorough understanding of the Ofcom Code.

So, if you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same and you have the journalistic skills that will help us achieve our goals, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

To produce high quality and compliant bulletins across all of our output (breakfast, lunch, late and weekends), operating effectively in a live gallery, making decisions under pressure where necessary and giving clear instructions to the presenter over timings and scripting amendments during broadcast
To write stories and scripts that are accurate, compliant, and engaging
To be proficient at editing pictures using the editing software provided
To create accurate graphics for bulletins, programmes and packages which clearly illustrate stories and communicate ideas using the template based graphic system
To curate ITV’s Digital offering on the website or ITVX as required
To assist the news desk or planning team with research, planning and newsgathering
To generate original and creative ideas, contributing to the news agenda of the day, on-screen and online
To research story ideas thoroughly and creatively for on-air and online output
To make, maintain and nurture a wide range of relevant contacts
To meet all online and on-air deadlines throughout the day, reacting quickly to breaking stories, and regularly liaising with the news desk
To exercise excellent editorial judgement, maintaining professional journalistic standards and adhering to ITV’s Legal & Compliance, ITV Trust and OFCOM guidelines
To be proactive about diversity, equity and inclusion ensuring the output reflects new stories and issues across the audience spectrum
To be able to perform all the roles consistently regardless of weekend, early or late working

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

Fully qualified NCTJ, BJTC or equivalent experience
Working knowledge of Ofcom code, media law and compliance
Evidence of researching and developing original ideas
Evidence of taking a creative approach to storytelling, treatments and production for both on-air and online
Knowledge and understanding of digital platforms and how to tap into new audiences online
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan multiple stories while prioritising tasks
Strong writing skills for TV and digital (accurate spelling and grammar essential)
Excellent news judgement with a comprehensive knowledge of and interest in national and regional news
A strong knowledge of the patch, its cultural heritage and an awareness of the types of stories that engage our audiences
A proven track record of producing excellent content to deadline and under pressure

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

Confident and clear communication skills, with the ability to source contributors and put them at their ease to get the best story possible
The ability to work well in a team environment
The ability to use initiative, be self-motivated and quick-thinking
The ability to remain calm and resilient in what is often a busy work environment
The willingness and aptitude to learn other skills and to be happy to share skills with others for the benefit of the whole team
The ability to work to deadlines
The ability to make strong and decisive decisions under pressure
The ability to bring in stories from underrepresented people from across our region as well as underrepresented parts of the patch
A positive attitude to work
A resilience and ability to thrive working in a constantly changing news agenda
Excellent attention to detail
Social Media/Digital awareness
An enthusiasm and willingness to embrace further changes in technology and workflow.
The aptitude to use the full range of digital newsroom technology
Clear understanding of and commitment to DE&I and Health & Safety policies

Please note, the rostered hours for this role will include weekend working , late shifts as well as early morning shifts and Bank Holidays. The working pattern may incorporate late shifts (typically 23:00 finish) as well as early morning (typically 04:30 start). You are expected to provide your own means of transportation to and from your main workplace.
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Gateshead, United Kingdom

On site

11-03-2025