Amber Labs was founded on three key principles: 1. A people-first internal culture, with diverse investments and exciting opportunities for our team, and a partnership structure that ensures everyone has a chance to share in the success of the company. 2. Constant iteration to identify opportunities to develop artifacts, accelerators, and automation solutions that allow for rapid deployment of highly technical cloud or on-premises solutions for our clients. 3. Consistent investment in our ADM (Amber Labs Delivery Methodology, underpinned by Agile Methodology) to ensure maximum velocity, quality, and value. Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Tester proficient in Java-based automation frameworks to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the integrity and functionality of our systems through the development and implementation of automated tests. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects across multiple teams, including ECMS, MSFR, and Data Migration. Role: Technical Architect Location: UK (Remote) Clearance: You must be a British Citizen or have been in the UK for 5+ Years Key Skills / Technical Skills: Proficient in API and Event-Based architecture design patterns, encompassing pub-sub and data streaming. Experience in architecting events based architecture across multiple data centers and public clouds. Familiarity with API Gateway and micro-gateway patterns, including capabilities such as traffic control, security, logging, monitoring, and authentication, for example, Kong API Gateway. Thorough understanding of Agile/DevOps delivery methodologies and best practices. Expertise in Microservice and API-Led architecture and integration design tools, techniques, and best practices. Knowledge of public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools, and best practices. Familiarity with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions and relational databases. Role Specification: Prior experience in the Public Sector is preferred, along with exposure to GDS (Government Digital Service) projects. Lead, deliver, and support the technical design of a product or part of a shared platform to meet user needs and business objectives. Lead efforts to ensure high-quality technical design and adherence to enterprise architecture principles and roadmaps. Collaborate with Digital professions in agile delivery teams to create Value for Money (VFM) solution designs meeting user needs. Engage with Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, Lead Solution Architects, and engineering teams to implement solutions according to approved architecture designs. Be accountable for product architecture alignment with engineering and ensure successful product delivery. Identify, capture, share, and iterate architecture patterns to ensure consistent and coherent architecture design, contributing to Enterprise Architecture. Implement architecture patterns and create reference architectures as real-world examples of successful architecture designs. Provide solution options and recommendations during project discovery and inception phases to guide decision-making on the best solution design. Make technology choices for products in alignment with the enterprise architecture blueprint, contributing to the update of technology policies where needed. Contribute to fostering an inclusive digital culture within the department. Technical Skills Required: Effective communication skills, capable of bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. Possess deep technical understanding relevant to the role and its place within the broader technical landscape, including awareness of digital technology limitations. Proficient in systems design, capable of designing systems with medium levels of risk, impact, and complexity, and ensuring effective application of design standards, methods, and tools. Able to work with and challenge senior stakeholders, prioritize and mitigate constraints, and adapt approaches accordingly. Skilled in translating business problems into technical designs, addressing challenges across multiple business areas and drawing connections to reach common solutions. Experienced in prototyping as a team activity, soliciting and testing prototypes with others, establishing design patterns, and iterating them as needed, along with knowledge of various prototyping methods and hosting protocols. This role requires a seasoned Technical Architect with a strong understanding of architectural principles, technical depth, and the ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions. Diversity & Inclusion: Here at Amber Labs, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace for all. Our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion includes: Valuing the unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds of all employees and creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and valued. Prohibiting all forms of harassment, bullying, discrimination, and victimisation and promoting a culture of dignity and respect for all. Educating all new hires on our Diversity and Inclusion policies and ensuring they are aware of their rights and responsibilities to create a safe and inclusive workplace. By taking these steps, we are dedicated to building a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our employees and communities. What Happens Next? Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to advise you on the next steps. We have a two-stage interview process for most of our consultants. In certain cases, we may include a third and final stage, which is a conversation with the company Partners. This will only be considered if deemed necessary.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Amber Labs was founded on three key principles: 1. A people-first internal culture, with diverse investments and exciting opportunities for our team, and a partnership structure that ensures everyone has a chance to share in the success of the company. 2. Constant iteration to identify opportunities to develop artifacts, accelerators, and automation solutions that allow for rapid deployment of highly technical cloud or on-premises solutions for our clients. 3. Consistent investment in our ADM (Amber Labs Delivery Methodology, underpinned by Agile Methodology) to ensure maximum velocity, quality, and value. Role Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Tester proficient in Java-based automation frameworks to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the integrity and functionality of our systems through the development and implementation of automated tests. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects across multiple teams, including ECMS, MSFR, and Data Migration. Role: Technical Architect Location: UK (Remote) Clearance: You must be a British Citizen or have been in the UK for 5+ Years Key Skills / Technical Skills: Proficient in API and Event-Based architecture design patterns, encompassing pub-sub and data streaming. Experience in architecting events based architecture across multiple data centers and public clouds. Familiarity with API Gateway and micro-gateway patterns, including capabilities such as traffic control, security, logging, monitoring, and authentication, for example, Kong API Gateway. Thorough understanding of Agile/DevOps delivery methodologies and best practices. Expertise in Microservice and API-Led architecture and integration design tools, techniques, and best practices. Knowledge of public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools, and best practices. Familiarity with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions and relational databases. Role Specification: Prior experience in the Public Sector is preferred, along with exposure to GDS (Government Digital Service) projects. Lead, deliver, and support the technical design of a product or part of a shared platform to meet user needs and business objectives. Lead efforts to ensure high-quality technical design and adherence to enterprise architecture principles and roadmaps. Collaborate with Digital professions in agile delivery teams to create Value for Money (VFM) solution designs meeting user needs. Engage with Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, Lead Solution Architects, and engineering teams to implement solutions according to approved architecture designs. Be accountable for product architecture alignment with engineering and ensure successful product delivery. Identify, capture, share, and iterate architecture patterns to ensure consistent and coherent architecture design, contributing to Enterprise Architecture. Implement architecture patterns and create reference architectures as real-world examples of successful architecture designs. Provide solution options and recommendations during project discovery and inception phases to guide decision-making on the best solution design. Make technology choices for products in alignment with the enterprise architecture blueprint, contributing to the update of technology policies where needed. Contribute to fostering an inclusive digital culture within the department. Technical Skills Required: Effective communication skills, capable of bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. Possess deep technical understanding relevant to the role and its place within the broader technical landscape, including awareness of digital technology limitations. Proficient in systems design, capable of designing systems with medium levels of risk, impact, and complexity, and ensuring effective application of design standards, methods, and tools. Able to work with and challenge senior stakeholders, prioritize and mitigate constraints, and adapt approaches accordingly. Skilled in translating business problems into technical designs, addressing challenges across multiple business areas and drawing connections to reach common solutions. Experienced in prototyping as a team activity, soliciting and testing prototypes with others, establishing design patterns, and iterating them as needed, along with knowledge of various prototyping methods and hosting protocols. This role requires a seasoned Technical Architect with a strong understanding of architectural principles, technical depth, and the ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions. Diversity & Inclusion: Here at Amber Labs, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace for all. Our commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion includes: Valuing the unique experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds of all employees and creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and valued. Prohibiting all forms of harassment, bullying, discrimination, and victimisation and promoting a culture of dignity and respect for all. Educating all new hires on our Diversity and Inclusion policies and ensuring they are aware of their rights and responsibilities to create a safe and inclusive workplace. By taking these steps, we are dedicated to building a workplace that reflects and celebrates the diversity of our employees and communities. What Happens Next? Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to advise you on the next steps. We have a two-stage interview process for most of our consultants. In certain cases, we may include a third and final stage, which is a conversation with the company Partners. This will only be considered if deemed necessary.
About the organization: Discovery Direct-to-Consumer is the technology arm of Discovery Inc. We work at the crossroads of technology, entertainment, and everyday utility, continuously leveraging technology to create immersive viewing and interactive experiences. We are building a global streaming video platform and a suite of applications to support all our global Discovery owned brands. These include Discovery+, Food Network Kitchen, Magnolia, GolfTV, MotorTrend on Demand, Eurosport Player, and many more. We build experiences ranging from traditional video streaming, to highly interactive and immersive applications. We build across connected TV, web, mobile and consoles, and are fast, nimble and have fun building world-class products for our iconic brands. About the team: You'll join the Discovery DTC Engineering team - we build applications across both frontend platforms and backend services while always maintaining a commitment to operational excellence. Our responsibilities include building world-class apps for our fans and subscribers, building the piping that gets the content to the customer experience, creating and enhancing a suite of applications that power our largest websites, providing the full stack experience for our customers, and more. In terms of languages, we speak a little bit of everything - Swift 5/Swift UI, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, Javascript, Ruby, Vue.js, React, Brightscript, GraphQL on AWS container-based and serverless stacks. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense for where their interests lie. We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences. Attributes we look for in all our hires across the team are ownership and leadership. Proactively taking ownership, having a bias for action, curious and always asking why. Why Intern at Discovery: In addition to building great products and creating some of the best content in the world, we've built a great team and culture! Our program offers unique experiences, with tremendous opportunities for growth. Everyone is passionate about the work we do, and it's energizing to work on something you authentically care about. Our engineers are some of the most talented in the industry and are excited to mentor and learn from our interns. You'll have the opportunity to help deliver customer facing, impactful projects and test your theories on the newest technologies and methodologies, while learning from the seasoned pros. Key Features of the Program: 1:1 Mentorship: You'll be assigned a mentor for the duration of the program to ensure you get off to a flying start and continue to meet your development goals throughout. Tech Speaker Series: You'll frequently learn about new technologies and trends and meet and learn from some of the most talented technologists in the industry, both internal and external to Discovery. Career Coaching: You'll receive tailored career advice and guidance from experienced data experts, and leaders who have been where you are, and will share how they have successfully navigated their careers. Global Exposure: Most of our teams and products have global impact, meaning often our interns are working on projects that impact multiple markets. This provides you with unique insight into solving problems at scale, the nuances between markets and how we leverage technology to provide seamless and consistent quality across our customer experience globally. Global Network: By the end of the program you'll have built a global network of talented Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Analysts, Product Designer, Marketeers and business leaders. You'll also have an extensive network for peers with whom you will have built great relationships! It's a small industry and the network you build and the impression you make during the program will be invaluable throughout your career. Long-term Career Prospects: While this is a summer internship, we see this as the start of a long-term relationship. Many of our current employees are prior interns and for developers early in their career Discovery DTC offers unparalleled opportunities. From working on unique and exciting projects, to having global impact and gaining international experience. We've also built a fantastic culture that is truly diverse and inclusive, reflected in creativity and innovation across our products and features. And of course, you'll work with our talented team; our engineers are among the best in the industry and are excited to mentor and develop the next generation of tech talent! What you need to know about the DTC Summer 2022 Program Application Process: Our Summer 2022 internship program is 12 weeks long, commencing July 4- September 23. Our internships are paid opportunities. Credit is not required; however, we will provide documentation if necessary. The application deadline is January 1, 2022. After this date, we cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed for the position. We do not require a cover letter. Please demonstrate your passion for the position through your resume. We are interviewing through early 2022. A Discovery Intern team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates. Responsibilities About the projects you may work on: Projects may include building APIs, SVOD streaming applications, commerce integrations, designing products to prioritize security, developing and improving payment services, and more. You'll get an opportunity to think about scale, resiliency, and how to make your features production ready. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense for where their interests lie. We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences. Previous interns have started making improvements to our production environments within the first two weeks of joining the team. Ultimately, the projects you'll work on will depend on your areas of interest. Qualifications In addition to academic qualifications, we're looking for interns who are always curious and have a desire to learn. You'll need to have great attention to detail, but with a great sense of agility and scope. We look for engineers who are meticulous about operational and engineering excellence and take pride in understanding and owning features from design, through to code, testing, and production, while building in logging and testing throughout the journey. Balance is important to us; we work hard but think it's also important to have a good sense of humor and have fun while doing great work! * Must currently be enrolled as a student (proof of enrollment will be required if selected for an internship). * Must be second year or higher. * Need to be on track to receive a 2:1 or above. * Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.
Nov 04, 2021
Full time
About the organization: Discovery Direct-to-Consumer is the technology arm of Discovery Inc. We work at the crossroads of technology, entertainment, and everyday utility, continuously leveraging technology to create immersive viewing and interactive experiences. We are building a global streaming video platform and a suite of applications to support all our global Discovery owned brands. These include Discovery+, Food Network Kitchen, Magnolia, GolfTV, MotorTrend on Demand, Eurosport Player, and many more. We build experiences ranging from traditional video streaming, to highly interactive and immersive applications. We build across connected TV, web, mobile and consoles, and are fast, nimble and have fun building world-class products for our iconic brands. About the team: You'll join the Discovery DTC Engineering team - we build applications across both frontend platforms and backend services while always maintaining a commitment to operational excellence. Our responsibilities include building world-class apps for our fans and subscribers, building the piping that gets the content to the customer experience, creating and enhancing a suite of applications that power our largest websites, providing the full stack experience for our customers, and more. In terms of languages, we speak a little bit of everything - Swift 5/Swift UI, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, Javascript, Ruby, Vue.js, React, Brightscript, GraphQL on AWS container-based and serverless stacks. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense for where their interests lie. We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences. Attributes we look for in all our hires across the team are ownership and leadership. Proactively taking ownership, having a bias for action, curious and always asking why. Why Intern at Discovery: In addition to building great products and creating some of the best content in the world, we've built a great team and culture! Our program offers unique experiences, with tremendous opportunities for growth. Everyone is passionate about the work we do, and it's energizing to work on something you authentically care about. Our engineers are some of the most talented in the industry and are excited to mentor and learn from our interns. You'll have the opportunity to help deliver customer facing, impactful projects and test your theories on the newest technologies and methodologies, while learning from the seasoned pros. Key Features of the Program: 1:1 Mentorship: You'll be assigned a mentor for the duration of the program to ensure you get off to a flying start and continue to meet your development goals throughout. Tech Speaker Series: You'll frequently learn about new technologies and trends and meet and learn from some of the most talented technologists in the industry, both internal and external to Discovery. Career Coaching: You'll receive tailored career advice and guidance from experienced data experts, and leaders who have been where you are, and will share how they have successfully navigated their careers. Global Exposure: Most of our teams and products have global impact, meaning often our interns are working on projects that impact multiple markets. This provides you with unique insight into solving problems at scale, the nuances between markets and how we leverage technology to provide seamless and consistent quality across our customer experience globally. Global Network: By the end of the program you'll have built a global network of talented Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists and Analysts, Product Designer, Marketeers and business leaders. You'll also have an extensive network for peers with whom you will have built great relationships! It's a small industry and the network you build and the impression you make during the program will be invaluable throughout your career. Long-term Career Prospects: While this is a summer internship, we see this as the start of a long-term relationship. Many of our current employees are prior interns and for developers early in their career Discovery DTC offers unparalleled opportunities. From working on unique and exciting projects, to having global impact and gaining international experience. We've also built a fantastic culture that is truly diverse and inclusive, reflected in creativity and innovation across our products and features. And of course, you'll work with our talented team; our engineers are among the best in the industry and are excited to mentor and develop the next generation of tech talent! What you need to know about the DTC Summer 2022 Program Application Process: Our Summer 2022 internship program is 12 weeks long, commencing July 4- September 23. Our internships are paid opportunities. Credit is not required; however, we will provide documentation if necessary. The application deadline is January 1, 2022. After this date, we cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed for the position. We do not require a cover letter. Please demonstrate your passion for the position through your resume. We are interviewing through early 2022. A Discovery Intern team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates. Responsibilities About the projects you may work on: Projects may include building APIs, SVOD streaming applications, commerce integrations, designing products to prioritize security, developing and improving payment services, and more. You'll get an opportunity to think about scale, resiliency, and how to make your features production ready. We try to expose early career engineers to a wide range of projects, to help them get a sense for where their interests lie. We then pair them with a range of senior engineers so that they can learn from a mix of experiences. Previous interns have started making improvements to our production environments within the first two weeks of joining the team. Ultimately, the projects you'll work on will depend on your areas of interest. Qualifications In addition to academic qualifications, we're looking for interns who are always curious and have a desire to learn. You'll need to have great attention to detail, but with a great sense of agility and scope. We look for engineers who are meticulous about operational and engineering excellence and take pride in understanding and owning features from design, through to code, testing, and production, while building in logging and testing throughout the journey. Balance is important to us; we work hard but think it's also important to have a good sense of humor and have fun while doing great work! * Must currently be enrolled as a student (proof of enrollment will be required if selected for an internship). * Must be second year or higher. * Need to be on track to receive a 2:1 or above. * Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.
Job Title: Engineering Director, EMEA
Department: Engineering
Manager: CTO
Location: Andover
We are seeking an Engineering Director with an action-oriented mindset and a focus on exceeding expectations, who operates with vision and integrity. The Engineering Director can expect to play an active role in the development and completion of projects, plan and monitor work schedules, work with multiple and diverse teams and represent CloudPay’s culture and values. Some responsibilities also include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, approving newly-developed policies from various departments, and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
To be successful as a Director of Engineering, you should have exceptional leadership, communication and project management skills, years of management experience, and a belief in developing the skills and talents of others. Ideal candidates will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and an above average emotional intelligence.
Package and Benefits:
- Competitive annual salary
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 4% pension contribution
- Life assurance x4
- Private medical insurance
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Friendly working environment
Attributes and Experience Required:
Requirements
People & Team management skills
Proven experience in managing distributed agile software development teams
Exceptional operational and organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
Able to demonstrate strong data-driven decision making and prioritization skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience communicating with up to C-level
Ability to work efficiently and intensely while juggling multiple priorities
Action-Oriented Mindset
Up-to-date knowledge of the industry
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
At least 8 year(s) of working experience as Technical Director or similar roles leading multiple teams
Desirable
Experience with complex, ambitious and high growth businesses that rely on a robust operational infrastructure to succeed
Daily Duties and Main Responsibilities Will Include:
Technology: Manage the interface between the technology team and the rest of the business, ensuring that priorities are aligned against the needs of the business, teams are unimpeded in their delivery needs and timelines are understood and driven-towards
Implement: Best practice agile engineering methods, ceremonies and mindsets. Provide guidance and coaching to PH CloudPay teams. Ensure effective collaboration with other CloudPay teams globally
Recruitment: Responsible for engineering hires and support other departments as necessary
Performance Management: Track team key OKRs/metrics and report to the CTO
Team Management and Co-ordination: Serve as the hub of a continuously evolving set of programmatic operations, staff infrastructure, and partner network. Be the “glue” that holds various parts of CloudPay together during this critical growth stage
Continually drive & champion inspection & adaptation of processes and technologies to improve overall business effectiveness
Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to address issues and drive results
About CloudPay
CloudPay provides managed global payroll services to multinational companies through a single, unified SaaS solution. By delivering end-to-end managed payroll services through an innovative platform, CloudPay ensures consistent and compliant payroll around the globe while reducing operating costs and manual processes.
The CloudPay solution is backed by deep industry expertise earned over 20+ years delivering services to more than 2,400 multinational entities. CloudPay’s solution guarantees accurate payroll processing across 120+ countries in more than 25 languages.
To learn more, visit cloudpay.net .
Jan 31, 2020
Full time
Job Title: Engineering Director, EMEA
Department: Engineering
Manager: CTO
Location: Andover
We are seeking an Engineering Director with an action-oriented mindset and a focus on exceeding expectations, who operates with vision and integrity. The Engineering Director can expect to play an active role in the development and completion of projects, plan and monitor work schedules, work with multiple and diverse teams and represent CloudPay’s culture and values. Some responsibilities also include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, approving newly-developed policies from various departments, and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
To be successful as a Director of Engineering, you should have exceptional leadership, communication and project management skills, years of management experience, and a belief in developing the skills and talents of others. Ideal candidates will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and an above average emotional intelligence.
Package and Benefits:
- Competitive annual salary
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- 4% pension contribution
- Life assurance x4
- Private medical insurance
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Friendly working environment
Attributes and Experience Required:
Requirements
People & Team management skills
Proven experience in managing distributed agile software development teams
Exceptional operational and organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
Able to demonstrate strong data-driven decision making and prioritization skills
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience communicating with up to C-level
Ability to work efficiently and intensely while juggling multiple priorities
Action-Oriented Mindset
Up-to-date knowledge of the industry
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
At least 8 year(s) of working experience as Technical Director or similar roles leading multiple teams
Desirable
Experience with complex, ambitious and high growth businesses that rely on a robust operational infrastructure to succeed
Daily Duties and Main Responsibilities Will Include:
Technology: Manage the interface between the technology team and the rest of the business, ensuring that priorities are aligned against the needs of the business, teams are unimpeded in their delivery needs and timelines are understood and driven-towards
Implement: Best practice agile engineering methods, ceremonies and mindsets. Provide guidance and coaching to PH CloudPay teams. Ensure effective collaboration with other CloudPay teams globally
Recruitment: Responsible for engineering hires and support other departments as necessary
Performance Management: Track team key OKRs/metrics and report to the CTO
Team Management and Co-ordination: Serve as the hub of a continuously evolving set of programmatic operations, staff infrastructure, and partner network. Be the “glue” that holds various parts of CloudPay together during this critical growth stage
Continually drive & champion inspection & adaptation of processes and technologies to improve overall business effectiveness
Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to address issues and drive results
About CloudPay
CloudPay provides managed global payroll services to multinational companies through a single, unified SaaS solution. By delivering end-to-end managed payroll services through an innovative platform, CloudPay ensures consistent and compliant payroll around the globe while reducing operating costs and manual processes.
The CloudPay solution is backed by deep industry expertise earned over 20+ years delivering services to more than 2,400 multinational entities. CloudPay’s solution guarantees accurate payroll processing across 120+ countries in more than 25 languages.
To learn more, visit cloudpay.net .