Golang Job: Platform Engineer, IMG ARENA

Job added on

Share Job via Twitter Share Apply for Job

Job Skills

Company

IMG Arena

Location

London, England - United Kingdom

Job type

Full-Time

Golang Job Details

Who We Are:
Launched in 2012, IMG Arena leveraged our rights expertise to pioneer the mainstream introduction of official data rights. We paved the way for a new revenue stream for our Rightsholder clients, whilst at the same time delivering greater value to the sports betting industry. We have gone on to expand our sports betting product suite with the addition of Event Centres and Official Virtual Sports. At IMG Arena the job is yours. We want you to be yourself. We are focused on building an inclusive and empowering environment that’s welcoming for everyone, where you are trusted and empowered to do what you’re good at. It’s your arena and your opportunity to shape it and your career. You’ll have the opportunity to pick up the latest technology, develop your own ideas and run with them. There’s loads of room for improvement and innovation. You get to prove and own the process from start to finish.
Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences. The company is comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency WME; sports, fashion, events and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation, sports operations & advisory, event & experiences management, media production & distribution, experiential marketing and brand licensing.
At IMG Arena, we acquire the official rights to the data and video streams of a diverse range of federations, tournament formats and sports such as basketball, football, golf, MMA, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and many more to come. We collect the player and ball tracking, scoring and other data at venues in real-time, augment it using mathematical models and deliver at low latency speed to customers across the world, as well as provide advanced visualisations for web and mobile, including 3D views.
Company culture
Our culture is based on the sense of ownership, innovation, collaboration, passion and quality. We solve problems together, run technology innovation days every quarter, have access to various online courses and support 10% of developers time for learning, progression and exploring the latest technologies to push the boundaries of our products excellence and proposition.
As a Platform Engineer, you will collaborate with people across the business, from agile development teams to business stakeholders, with the responsibility of designing, implementing and maintaining our cloud infrastructure. You will ensure adherence to security, best practice and standards for all application development, deployment and testing practices. You will design, develop, update and promote standards within the lifecycle management platform, making use of modern software practices such as “infrastructure as code”. You help the engineering community learn and grow as industry best practices for DevOps evolve.
What will you be doing?
Design, develop, and manage cloud-based infrastructure at scale (e.g. AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)
Partner with developers to balance performance and resilience, while helping automate build/deploy process (e.g. Jenkins, Github Actions)
Manage and maintain standards for DevOps tools used across the organisation Contribute to future design/architecture solutions that directly impact the business Maintain security first mindset to help support applications across the organisation Share knowledge with peers and developers to maintain standards
Implement and manage automated testing for infrastructure and tooling
We're looking for:
AWS experience (e.g EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, Cloudfront)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Container Orchestration tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Docker and )Kubernetes
Experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g. Prometheus/Thanos, Loki, Jaeger, Tempo, Grafana) Knowledge of Linux and scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python, Golang) is a bonus
Analytical mind with problem-solving skills
Approachable and a proficient communicator across organisational levels of technical and non-technical
Workplace and Benefits
Our office is in the beautiful Chiswick Business Park which has great amenities and seasonal events. The office is equipped with electric adjustable standing desks, high-resolution monitors, your choice of a high- spec MacBook Pro or Windows laptop, modern meeting rooms, breakout spaces and canteen with breakfast and fruit baskets.
Hybrid workplace and remote working are supported in the technology team with the expectation of working in the office minimum 2 days a month. People are encouraged to come in once or twice a week for meetings and socialising. Some of us prefer to work in the office most of the time, which is also supported.
Being part of the larger company Endeavor, IMG Arena offers great benefits: a discretionary bonus, 3% pension employer contribution in the first year, up to 7% in the following year, health and dental cover with Bupa, income protection, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, eye care, workplace ISA, cycle to work and green car benefits. We also enjoy a generous holiday package with an extra break in Winter from the 20th to the 31st, on top of our regular annual leave entitlement.
Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world’s diverse voices.

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.
Apply for Job
Back to Golang Job List