Frontend JavaScript Developer (Smart TV)

At Viaplay Group, we entertain millions of people every day through our streaming services, radio networks, TV channels and production studios. We believe in the power of content not just as a way of telling stories and touching lives, but also expanding worlds.

We may have started in the Nordics, but we have a global mindset and consider ourselves to be the international entertainment provider. This means we’re constantly launching our Viaplay streaming service in new markets and on the lookout for talented, curious, driven professionals to join us on our journey.

Right now, we’re searching for a Frontend Developer (Smart TV) in our Stockholm office -are you ready to hit play on an exciting career change?



The Position
In this role, you will work with our in-house Javascript based cross-platform framework to enable the Viaplay app to run reliably on Smart TV platforms. This means developing some of the most used platforms within Viaplay, and you will work together with other highly motivated developers to build robust and well-structured services for the Viaplay technical platform. You will build web-based interfaces and applications and contribute to our platforms, APIs and libraries. There is actual room to experiment and innovate in this role. Your work will be a part of Viaplay’s strategy to grow and continue to bring an innovative high-quality streaming service to our customers. Viaplay’s Smart TV web applications run native on a wide range of different devices, such as Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Philips Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, Playstation, Xbox etc.  

Our technical teams are friendly, welcoming, problem solving oriented and motivated. We take pride in being an inventive company and we use bleeding-edge technology. Test-driven development and continuous delivery is central to our deployment process. We feel our culture is modern with a friendly atmosphere where we want everyone to feel at home and we hope that you will too. 

The Team

You will join a cross-functional team (developers, QA and product managers) focused on creating the best possible streaming experience, and deliver engineering solutions aligned with technical and product long-term visions. Viaplay today is one of the streaming platforms that reaches the most devices people use in the market and we aim to remain in that position even on new markets. You will be a big part in making sure we build flexible systems for supporting all devices with as little effort as possible, so if you want to be part of designing and implementing innovating solutions and done with just delivering on Jira tickets all day - we have an offer you can’t refuse!



What we are looking for
You have worked with a variety of tasks requiring complex problem solving using JavaScript. You have been involved in the development of services that require a high degree of scalability, performance and fault tolerance. If you also have good communication skills in English and great critical skills, we’d be really happy! 

Ideal candidates also meet the following requirements:

- Deep technical knowledge with 4+ years of experience in JavaScript (without frameworks)

- Experience creating responsive, device-agnostic interfaces via progressive enhancement 

- Team member enthusiastic about unit testing, code review, and other quality-oriented practices 

- Enthusiasm for Agile software development 

Bonus requirements:

- Experience of working with Smart TV applications

- Previous experience working with streaming

What we offer you

- Freedom to try out new things and creative decision-making by our autonomous teams.

- We build everything in-house with latest technologies.

- We inspire others and share knowledge openly.

- A place to grow and learn from our mistakes. We have a learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training and regular internal technical talks, demos, mentorship program and guilds teams.

- An innovative environment with hack days two times a year.

- An international and diverse environment with people from all over the world working here. We have 60+ different nationalities in the office coming from different backgrounds. 

- An attractive offer with a beneficial occupational pension plan, insurance plan, health care, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible work hours and parental leave pay lift.



It’s time to hit play
If this feels like your kind of challenge, please apply and attach your CV and cover letter through our career page (https://careers.viaplaygroup.com/). We do not accept applications through email.

Viaplay Group (https://www.viaplaygroup.com/) is committed to equality and diversity and we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and marital status. We want to make sure your recruitment experience is the best it can be - so, if you’re selected for an interview, please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make that would be helpful for you.

Viaplay Group is the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider. We entertain millions of people every day with our streaming services, TV channels and radio stations, and our production companies create content that is experienced around the world. We make life more entertaining by telling stories, touching lives and expanding worlds - from live sports, movies and series to music and original shows. Headquartered in Stockholm, Viaplay Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘VPLAY A’ and ‘VPLAY B’)