Engineering Manager

Contract Type: Perm, FTC 12 months

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000

Closing Date: 30th March 2026

Workplace: London, White City. The expectation is 2 days in the office.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to join our Streaming technology team, taking a people-first approach to leading both front-end and back-end engineers responsible for building and maintaining ITVX . This role focuses on delivering high-performing, scalable and reliable streaming services while fostering a culture of innovation, inclusion and continuous improvement across the tea m.Working closely with colleagues across Streaming, this role sits within the Growth & E-commerce Engineering team, a key driver of our objective to increase Monthly Active Users ..

As Engineering Manager, you will support the growth and development of engineers, shape the technical roadmap and ensure the team continues to deliver high-quality, resilient services that power IT VX.

The teamAs a Media and Entertainment brand at heart, we are people-focused and place a huge emphasis on innovation. Our culture is everything to us and our product teams power the platforms for our stars on screen to shape the fut ure. Here at ITV, we are undergoing a major digital transformation drive, across all of our platforms and on-demand services. With the rapid shift in industry trends, from VOD streaming to programmatic AI and ever-changing consumer tastes, accelerating the demand for high-quality, high-volume content delivery at scale, we are looking to leverage our long-standing reputation as the largest commercial TV network in the UK in order to create a technology-first media platform that caters to an increasingly diverse worldwide audi ence.

Responsibil ities:

• Team Leadership & Develo pment: Lead, mentor, and grow engineers, focusing on their career development, technical expertise, and individual empowerment. Champion best practices in code quality, security, and testing. Be a leader who can guide the team through business changes by setting clear expectations and helping engineers adapt to new prio rities.
• Technical Excellence & Str ategy: Shape the technical roadmap, driving architectural decisions to ensure scalability and performance. Encourage experimentation with new technologies and manage infrastructure to ensure sta bility.
• Operational Mana gement: Work with delivery managers to ensure agile processes, oversee on-call rotations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align priorities and deliver fe atures.
• Culture & Continuous Improv ement: Promote an inclusive and diverse engineering environment, support continuous learning, and drive process optimisations while maintaining work-life balance through ITV’s Smart Working init iative.

Skills you’ ll need (minimum c riteria)

• Senior Programmer Experience: Proven experience with expertise in front-end or back-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala, Java, Go, Rust, HTML, and CSS.
• Architecture & Performance: Strong understanding of system architecture, service performance, and DevOps p ractices.
• Diverse Culture Advocacy: A track record of fostering an inclusive and supportive engineering culture.
• Agile Experience: Demonstrable experience with agile delivery methodologies and the ability to balance speed with maintaining a high-quality codebase.
• Team Leadership: Experience in leading a team of engineers, focusing on individual growth, delivery, and engineering ex cellence.

Other things we’re lo oking for (key criteria)

• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders and balance competing business and technical priorities.
• Coaching & Mentorship: Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers, providing regular developmental feedback, and facilitating car eer growth.
• Recruitment & Team Building: Experience leading recruitment efforts and continually advocating for a diverse, incl usive team.
• Process Improvement: Ability to assess and optimise business processes, suggesting and implementing alternatives for greater efficiency.
• Presentation & Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly to technical and non-technical st akeholders.

Ni ce to Have:

• Real-Time Analytics: Experience working with real-time analytics and monitoring systems for live streaming environments.
• Cloud Technologies: Expertise in cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker) and CI/ CD pipelines.
• Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with monitoring tools for performance and service reliability optimisation.
• Streaming Technologies: Knowledge of streaming technologies such as HLS, DASH, and video/audio codecs (encodi ng/decoding).