Principal Mobile Engineer - Viaplay

Would you like to be part of building the most sought-after streaming service in the Nordics – with the ambition to become the European streaming champion? Launching our fantastic product in new markets is a NENT corporate strategy and a top priority.  

We are now looking for a Principal Engineer to our Product organization to focus on mobile devices where you will help us grow the platform, enhance our user experience and create the next generation of streaming services. 

The position 

Working as a Principal Mobile Engineer at Viaplay, you will actively drive and participate in conversations regarding the tech vision to ensure that we develop the mobile platform to meet the challenges of a continuously growing user base. With your passion for technical leadership and willingness to act as a role model for others, you will be an advocate for the developer community and facilitate the development of technical strategies in your domain. 

You will join a cross-functional team and deliver engineering solutions aligned with technical and product long-term visions. We build our entire product in-house with apps in native languages such as Swift and Kotlin and a microservice backend on Node.js in AWS. We strongly believe that being on the edge of things when it comes to technology is crucial, always keeping ourselves up to date and constantly challenging the status quo. As Principal Engineer, you will play an important role in this by bringing clarity to complexity and demonstrate smart ways of ensuring that we build a world-class streaming experience.  

The journey ahead 

We have exciting times ahead of us, launching our product in five new markets in 2021. As our product grows to new customers and regions, our top priority is to have a scalable and resilient platform to exceed the expectations of our growing audience. Your engagement will shape the future of our service as you will be involved in defining the cutting-edge for video on demand. Some of your daily challenges will include - but not be limited to:

• Work with different mobile architectures, design patterns and frameworks.  
• Develop and drive technical strategy across teams and product areas.  
• Act as a mentor and coach others to grow and improve their craftsmanship. 
• Instigate product iterations based on consumer feedback and behaviour data.  

What we are looking for

We are looking for a passionate and experienced developer with a genuine interest in software development and leadership. We believe that you are currently working in a role as Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Technical Director or Technical Architect, and have experience of working with a variety of challenges requiring complex technical problems.  

You thrive in a high-energy, autonomous team-driven environment where you are asked to have a strategic perspective to develop our business. 

Successful candidates also meet the following requirements:  

• Extensive experience in developing customer-focused mobile service using Swift and/or Kotlin. 
• Proven experience in designing highly scalable resilient mobile services with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.  
• Excellent technical leadership skills.  
• Proven ability to set direction and enact change among peers. 
• JavaScript experience. 
• Previously worked with people from different backgrounds, having other views and finding it inspiring.  
• Solid experience of working in an agile environment.  
• Experience in OTA solutions. 

Bonus requirements that will make you stand out from the rest: 

• Experience from the media- or streaming industry.  
• Experience of Apple TV and/or Android TV. 
• PWA Experience. 

We want to hear from you! 

Please note that a background check will be performed on the final candidate before hiring. 

While we are taking some time off, the feedback on your application may take a little bit longer. If this feels like your kind of challenge, please apply and attach your CV and cover letter. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our recruiter Lisa Sindsjö at lisa.sindsjo@nentgroup.com.

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ.) (NENT Group) 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.

We offer you

Our HQ is in Stockholm, but our market is the Nordics and beyond. You will become part of an amazing company with great people, content and culture. Some of the benefits we offer you when working here are:   

• An agile approach, freedom to try out new things and independent decision-making by our autonomous teams. 
• 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, pair programming and mob programming.
• An innovative environment with HackDays two times a year.  
• An international and diverse environment with people from all over the world working here. We have 35+ different nationalities in the tech team 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. 

 

NENT 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, NENT Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘NENT A’ and ‘NENT B’).

Streaming services, radio networks, TV and production companies. It's our mission to create compelling stories that reach beyond media outlets and touch people's lives.