Principal Software Engineer (Ad Tech)

Do you want to be part of a team that engineers a global product that’s used by millions of users daily?DAZN is one of the fastest-growing OTT companies in the world and streams over 40 different sports, from more than 300 different leagues, in over 200 countries. Since we launched in 2016, we have streamed more than 700+ million hours of content!This role is for someone with experience developing advertising technology and wants to help lead DAZNs future advertising by assisting and guiding others. This is a hybrid role that combines engineering and advertising knowledge. You will be encouraged to use your initiative to drive ideas forward.YOUR TEAMThe AdTech team is responsible the expansion of video advertising across all DAZNs app platforms and is considered a key revenue generator for the company. For DAZN AdTech starts with pitch side cameras and goes all the way through to every user.  Benefits include 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, access to learning portal, training and development and more. 

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (NOT ALL OF IT, JUST THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF)

• Manage and deliver advertising technology onto our video platforms across multiple devices with the player Engineering team
• Collaborate with the Video Player Team on the best direction to take in order to accommodate current and future advertising needs
• Work closely with our ad product team to ensure we are meeting our business objectives
• Use your advertising experience to ensure areas such as privacy, DAI, programmatic, OTT delivery etc. meet industry-standards
• Work closely with our ad product team to ensure we are meeting our business objectives

DO YOU HAVE THESE ESSENTIALS?

• Have an understand of advertising technologies such as DSPs, VAST/VMAP, Dynamic Ad Insertion and its APIs integrations
• Knowledge of video streaming technology such as HLS/DASH manifests and SCTE markers etc
• Experience developing web player technologies
• Experience developing of advertising technology
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages - NodeJS/TS/EME/MSE/RxJS/Golang/Java
• Knowledge of Cloud-based systems, in particular, AWS, Lambda, ECS, event-driven architecture and microservices
• Experience developing large scale, complex, loosely coupled, high-performance architectures involving many moving parts

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.If you're ambitious, inventive, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at DAZN. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity and where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 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. We will do our best to accommodate adjustments for interviews.We look forward to hearing from you.