Principal Broadcast Engineer

Key purpose of the role is to be DAZN’s subject matter expert in the design and deployment of the Broadcast systems that underpin all DAZN’s Broadcast operations. As one of the leading Sports broadcasters in the world DAZN broadcasts thousands of live events every year to our global audience.  In this role you will be responsible for the design and deployment and evolution of our broadcast systems deployed both on premise at our broadcast centre in Leeds and in public cloud environments. As the business scales we need to evolve and automate our systems to support that growth without having to scale in a linear fashion.  We also need to orchestrate our public cloud deployments to optimise their efficiency and meet the needs of the business.  We are looking for someone with a proven track record working in a modern broadcast environment, who has a strong vision for the future of the industry and the technology to support that change. Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), annual performance-related bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

AS OUR NEW PRINCIPAL BROADCAST ENGINEER YOU’LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO:

• Lead by example by being hands-on and working with our teams to deliver high quality, high availability, well architect systems.  
• Partner with Product, Broadcast and Network Engineering, Security, and Software Engineering teams to guide projects from solution design through operational acceptance into production and to live support.  
• Ensure we stay ahead of a fast-paced industry; identifying new technologies, tools, frameworks, concepts and producing prototypes to demonstrate how they will benefit DAZN.  
• Help shape and define the technology strategy across DAZN’s broadcast workflows.  
• Coach and mentor Broadcast Engineers; fostering an environment of high performance and continual learning across our engineering teams.  
• Perform rapid impact assessments and sizing on project demand. 
• Act as a technical stakeholder for new projects as they flow through the business initiatives to well architected solutions . 

YOU’LL HAVE:

• Extensive experience leading the technical direction of high performing engineering teams preferably in roles such as a either a Tech Lead or Principal Engineer.  
• In-depth knowledge of broadcast technologies from content acquisition, through production and playout, and delivery to OTT encoding and distribution platforms,  
• Experience in both traditional broadcast and in public/private cloud-based environments.  
• Strong knowledge of automation, control, and orchestration systems.  
• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining broadcast solutions at scale in a hybrid cloud environment with hard requirements of low-latency, high-availability, and scalability.  
• Expert in maintaining live services at scale by measuring and monitoring system health.  
• Strong business judgement with proven ability to influence stakeholder and strong analytical thinking.   
• A passion for the broadcast industry and delivering world class customer experiences 

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.  DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:   AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.   INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business.  People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things.  PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it.  People who love what they do and show commitment every day.  BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.   SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals.  People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers.  People who consider others before making decisions. At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone. 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, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can. We look forward to hearing from you.