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Rightster (Brave Bison)

Platform Engineer and DevOps Lead · September 2012 to February 2016

Designed and delivered broadcast-grade video distribution platform architecture for top-tier global media. Built video routing, encoding, metadata, monetisation, and CI/CD infrastructure. Production experience in agile delivery, engineering board governance, and distributed team structuring across international offices.

#Video#Kubernetes#Jenkins#Multi-tenant#Brightcove
Rightster (Brave Bison)
Broadcast partners
BBC · Disney · CNN · C4 · Fox

Challenges

  • Broadcast-grade reliability and latency expectations across global media partners
  • Multi-tenant isolation across partner client workflows
  • Pre-managed-CI tooling era, building per-PR environments from scratch
  • Distributed team coordination across international offices

What I Delivered

  • Designed dynamic Jenkins CI/CD with ephemeral build runners on Kubernetes
  • Built per-pull-request deployment environments before tools like GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild were widespread
  • Implemented caching and CDN layer optimisation using nginx for low-latency video delivery
  • Built API architecture for asset management, video metadata, monetisation, and rights control
  • Built multi-tenant API supporting isolated workflows for partner clients
  • Architected ingest, transcoding, and distribution pipelines at platform scale
  • Operated within agile delivery methodologies, engineering boards, and distributed team structuring

Outcomes

  • Reliable broadcast-grade distribution to top-tier media partners
  • Multi-tenant API supporting isolated partner workflows
  • Modern CI/CD practice years ahead of mainstream tooling