IPTV/OTT Technical Lead
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Kyivstar.Tech – IT /
Full-time /
Remote
We are looking for an IPTV/OTT Technical Lead responsible for ensuring the smooth operation and full availability of TV and related services, with special attention during major broadcasts.
About us
Kyivstar.Tech is a Ukrainian hybrid IT company and a resident of Diia.City. We are a subsidiary of Kyivstar, one of Ukraine's largest telecom operators.
Our mission is to change lives in Ukraine and around the world by creating technological solutions and products that unleash the potential of businesses and meet users' needs.
Over 500+ KS.Tech specialists work daily in various areas: mobile and web solutions, as well as design, development, support, and technical maintenance of high-performance systems and services.
We believe in innovations that truly bring quality changes and constantly challenge conventional approaches and solutions. Each of us is an adherent of entrepreneurial culture, which allows us never to stop, to evolve, and to create something new.
What you will do
- Manage the technical operations of IPTV/OTT services (streaming, middleware, STB/apps, VoD)
- Plan and scale infrastructure to handle high loads and peak events
- Convert business plans into technical system requirements, build correlations, and develop capacity plans
- Ensure proactive service monitoring, manage incident resolution, troubleshooting, and RCA
- Lead and coordinate performance testing across teams to validate scalability and reliability
- Continuously optimize system performance and stability, improving video quality and user experience
- Collaborate closely with business, network, development, QA, and support teams
Qualifications and experience needed
- At least 2 years of experience in a similar role
- Solid understanding of end-to-end IPTV/OTT architecture
- Proven experience in infrastructure planning and optimization for high loads
- Strong skills in monitoring and incident response
- Experience in performance optimization of systems and services
- Knowledge of CDNs and adaptive streaming technologies
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and partners
What we offer
- Office or remote — it's up to you. You can work from anywhere, and we will arrange your workplace
- Remote onboarding
- Performance bonuses for everyone (annual or quarterly — depends on the role)
- We train employees: the opportunity to learn through the company’s own library, internal resources and programs from partners
- Health and life insurance
- Wellbeing program and corporate psychologist
- Reimbursement of expenses for Kyivstar mobile communication
