Backend Developer (Node.js) - Viaplay

Would you like to be part of building the most sought-after streaming service in the Nordics? Are your dreams up in the cloud? Perfect, then we could have a match! We’re looking for a Backend Developer for our Viaplay Streaming Experience Team in Stockholm. If you believe you have what it takes - we’re waiting for your application! 

The Position

As a Backend Developer at Viaplay, you will have the opportunity to work at the forefront of digital media, develop the platform to meet the challenges of a continuously growing user base. Your engagement will shape the future of our service as you will be involved in defining the cutting edge for video on demand. We are now looking for a new team member to help us grow the platform, enhance our user experience and create the next generation of streaming services.  

We thrive in using cutting edge technology, always keeping up to date and constantly challenging the status quo. We work with Node.js in a micro-services architecture that runs in AWS. Also, we build our whole product here in-house in the office at Ringvägen 52, but currently in a remote setup with ambitions on a flexible work environment going forward. 

The Journey Ahead

You will join a kick-ass Streaming Experience cross-functional team (client and backend development, QA, product management) and deliver engineering solutions aligned with technical and product long-term visions. The team delivers on clear goals based on our customer journey and is fully autonomous in how to create the best solutions to reach our goals. In other words, if you are into working in an innovative way and done with just delivering on Jira tickets all day - we have an offer you can’t refuse!  

Some of your daily challenges will include: 

• Building strong and high performing micro-services in Node.js 
• Microservice/Serverless architecture 
• Using multiple programming paradigms and languages 
• Flexible production environment supported by Docker hosted in the Amazon Cloud 
• An agile development process where we promote pair/mob programming 
• Driving our product iterations based on consumer feedback and behavior data 

What we are looking for

We are looking for a passionate developer with a genuine interest in software development and an ambition to constantly improve your skills. You have worked with a variety of tasks requiring complex problem-solving using JavaScript. If you also have an interest in multiple programming languages, you will fit right in! You will be part of a team that makes things happen in a brilliant manner. 

Successful candidates also meet the following requirements: 

• Solid work life experience developing web-based services, using Node.js 
• Good understanding of REST API 
• Understanding of test- or behavior-driven development (TDD/BDD) including supporting frameworks 

• Experience in developing services in the cloud, preferably AWS 
• An interest and motivation to work with modern frameworks 
• Video delivery/streaming platform performance

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

• Experience working with a state-less and high transactional end user product 
• Experience of working with some Frontend magic, such as React.js 
• Video delivery/streaming platform experience 

What we offer you 

Our HQ is in Stockholm, but our market is expanding beyond that. 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 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. 

Hit Play on your career!  

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 Vidar Bjurström at vidar.bjurstrom@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.  

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ.) (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.