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Media & Communication Technology

Media Platform Engineer

Build and operate scalable digital media, content and communication platforms with reliable integrations, performance and observability.

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LocationLondon, UK

Working styleHybrid / client-aligned

Employment typeFull-time

Experience4–8 years

Technology environment

Node.js / Java / .NETAPIsCloudCDNEvent StreamingSQL/NoSQLDockerObservability

Industry context

Media

Job description

The Media Platform Engineer will support content, audience and distribution workflows across cloud-hosted digital platforms.

Key responsibilities

Develop backend services and platform integrations for content workflows.
Improve performance, caching, resilience and observability.
Support event-driven integrations and metadata flows.
Automate deployment and production health checks.
Investigate platform failures and recurring operational issues.

Qualifications

4–8 years of backend, cloud or platform-engineering experience.
Strong API and distributed-system fundamentals.
Experience operating high-traffic or content-heavy digital services.

Preferred qualifications

Media, streaming, publishing or communication-platform experience.
CDN and event-streaming knowledge.
Cloud-native and container-platform experience.

Benefits & employment terms

Compensation, leave, pension and any role-specific benefits are confirmed during the recruitment process and stated in the written offer.
Any client-site, travel, security-screening or right-to-work requirements are confirmed before appointment.

Nature of working style

Work is organised around defined delivery outcomes, documented responsibilities, peer review and clear escalation paths.
Hybrid or client-site attendance varies by engagement and is confirmed before assignment.

Location

London-based with UK client-site collaboration where required.

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