Data Engineer

About us

Sky is a tech media company that makes entertainment and connectivity a personal, simple, and seamless experience.

Our motto is We Believe in Better: we believe people deserve the very best, and we innovate every day to create value and simplify the lives of our customers.

We are part of Sky Group and the Comcast ecosystem, operating in an international environment focused on continuous innovation and supported by cutting-edge technology that enables us to reach millions of people every day.

With an IP-first approach, we design state-of-the-art technology platforms—Sky Stream, Sky Q, Sky Glass, and NOW—that integrate premium content, trusted and continuous news, and major sports events into a simple and intuitive ecosystem.

We also engage the entire country through our free-to-air channels—TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24—and go beyond entertainment with Sky Wifi and Sky Mobile, offering ultra-fast connectivity both inside and outside the home.

This is how we deliver the joy of a better experience, guided by our values:

Creative. We are ambitious and innovative, embracing new technologies and leveraging insights to stay ahead, continuously raising the bar for quality for our customers.

Welcoming. We are inclusive, collaborative, and respectful, creating a strong sense of belonging.

Simplifying. We focus on what truly matters, set priorities, bring clarity, and eliminate complexity.

Do the right thing. We build a culture based on clarity, fairness, and trust, with transparent processes and decisions people can rely on.

Ruolo: Data Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Data Engineer to contribute to data engineering initiatives focused on building reliable data pipelines, scalable data models, ingestion and transformation workflows, and the platform foundations that power analytics and machine learning across the organization.

In this role, you will work with large-scale customer, product, content, and media data to design and operate the pipelines and data assets that make this data accessible, trustworthy, and ready for analysis.

You will collaborate with technical data analysts, data engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders within domain-aligned vertical teams, across the full lifecycle of data engineering projects, from requirements gathering and design to ingestion, transformation, orchestration, quality assurance, and ongoing reliability. Our toolkit is built on GCP, with BigQuery, Dataflow, and Airflow at its core.

Cosa farai:

Understand business requirements and translate into technical deliverables

Produce deliverables that follow the development standards and principles, on time

Produce a detailed breakdown of development tasks on projects

Adhere to the end to end change process and apply necessary rigour in a timely manner

Collaborate extensively within the Data Platform & Analytics team and provide technical & domain input

Assist with the mentoring of associate engineers and colleagues during the project lifecycle

Il tuo profilo:

A good experience in data products, technologies and architectures

Proficient programmer (Java, Scala or Python)

Proficiency in database/data query languages such as SQL/NoSQL

Proven experience on cloud based solutions

Data analytics, specifically in taking a data-centric view of quality and reliability

An enthusiasm for new tools and methods to help shape the culture in data analytics

Ability to adapt to technological and business priority changes

Ability to 'think outside the box' to come up with pragmatic solutions to risks and issues

An understanding of data structures and optimisations and how they fit in a distributed system, aggregating, transforming and developing suitable data models and processing large unstructured data sets

Cosa offriamo:

For the Private Radio and Television Collective Labor Agreement (CCNL), the starting salary is from: €40,000

Contract type: Permanent contract

The actual compensation will be commensurate with experience and specific skills.

The role is also eligible for the annual incentive scheme.

At Sky, we prioritize providing a healthy, stimulating work environment that supports both personal and professional needs.

In this context, Sky4You—our wellbeing program—supports employees at every stage of life. Some of the benefits include:

Free access to Sky TV offering via Sky Q or Sky Stream

Sky Wifi and Sky Mobile at exclusive discounted conditions

Health insurance extendable to family members and cohabitants

Life and accident insurance

Free access to the company gym (Milan office only)

Financial support for new parents and caregivers

Free tax return assistance

Meal vouchers

Additional initiatives include programs for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing, summer camps and language courses for children, as well as exclusive discounts and partnerships.

Hybrid Working

Hybrid work that truly works. Depending on your role, you can benefit from up to 12 days of remote working per month to focus without distractions, while the office provides a collaborative environment for discussions, co-creation, and decision-making in thoughtfully designed spaces.

Our Milan hub is located in Rogoredo (Santa Giulia district), just a few minutes’ walk from Milano Rogoredo station (M3 metro line, regional/high-speed trains, suburban rail). The area is also well served by bus connections and easily accessible by car or motorcycle thanks to major road links.

At the Sky Campus, you will find:

Two cafés

Company restaurant

Sky Cinema

Collaborative spaces designed for innovation and idea sharing

The surrounding area also offers bars, restaurants, supermarkets, and other services.

Formazione e crescita:

At Sky, we invest in your growth. We believe in internal mobility as a key driver for development and offer opportunities to explore new roles and career paths within the company. With Sky Learn, our learning platform, you will have access to continuous training, digital content, and upskilling/reskilling programs to support your professional growth and future career development.

Social Impact & Inclusion

At Sky, we believe in people. We are committed to creating a diverse, fair, and inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and express their full potential.

We actively promote wellbeing and ensure equal opportunities for all, including individuals belonging to protected categories under Italian Law 68/99.

We also host employee networks such as Body & Mind, LGBTQ+, Women@Sky, and Parents & Carers—voluntary communities that bring colleagues together to share ideas and promote initiatives focused on wellbeing, inclusion, and empowerment.

We work every day to generate a positive and lasting impact on communities through initiatives such as Sky Cares volunteering programs, Sky Up digital education initiatives, and immersive experiences offered by Academy Studios visits.

Perché aspettare?

Sky promotes the inclusion of all forms of talent. All applications, including those from candidates belonging to protected categories under Law 68/99, will be considered based on equal opportunity and inclusion principles, without discrimination of any kind.

Sky Italia ensures a fair, inclusive, and non-discriminatory recruitment process. In line with this commitment and Legislative Decree 96/2026, Sky Italia does not request or collect information regarding candidates’ previous compensation or job grading, neither during interviews nor through direct or third-party contact involved in the hiring process.