Streaming Engineer

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

We’re looking for the best people to join us on our journey. Right now, we’re searching for a Streaming Engineer to our Streaming Experience team in our Stockholm office – are you ready to hit play on an exciting career change?

The role
As a Streaming Engineer at Viaplay, you will play an important role in working to improve the quality and reliability of our streaming platform. The role is wide and stretches from researching and developing future video- and streaming functionality to daily operational tasks, like investigation of production issues. Together with your team, you will work closely with different stakeholders across Viaplay Group, as well as towards partners and external stakeholders.

These are some of the areas you can expect in the role:

• Manage, optimize and develop our streaming platform to ensure high performance, stability and redundancy
• Manage our encoding and monitoring solutions
• Follow up on QoE statistics and investigate potential issues to find root cause and make improvements
• Optimize video delivery and follow up with our CDN partners
• Work closely with Technical Operations when planning large live events to ensure flawless deliveries
• Assist developers regarding video, audio- and streaming related problems

What we’re looking for
In the Streaming Experience team, we are a group consisting of streaming- and video engineers, backend developers, a QA Engineer as well as product- and engineering manager. Together we have a passion for streaming and we also like to have fun, both in the office and after hours!

We believe that you have a good understanding of the streaming market and relevant technologies. If you have previous experience of working with streaming products - we would be really happy!

We understand you may feel confident ticking certain boxes more than others and that’s why we always keep an open mind in our recruitment process. But, in order to thrive in this role, we do believe you’ll have at least some experience in the following:

• A technical education background or equivalent work experience
• Experience in working with streaming technologies e.g. video encoding, ABR packaging CDN, DRM etc.
• Experience of working with cloud services
• Thrive in sharing knowledge and experience with others
• Solid problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills and a great team player

It’s a bonus if you have:

• Developer background

What we offer you

• We’ve got you covered! 30 days of paid vacation every year, an attractive pension and insurance scheme, and generous parental leave pay lift.
• Your wellbeing matters. We provide you with various wellbeing initiatives including wellness allowance.
• A safe space to grow and up-skill. Our learning culture puts you in the driver’s seat of your own development.
• An innovative environment with Hack Days once a year. This week-long initiative allows you to think outside the box and deliver creative, technical solutions that (more often than not) go on to be implemented, either in our product or our ways of working.
• Entertainment is what we love, and entertainment is what we do. So, unlimited access to Viaplay seems only fair for you to get to know the product – including serier & viewing events, new release movie rentals, linear channels and more.

Hit play today
If this feels like your kind of challenge, make sure you apply by attaching your CV here – you may also want to add your LinkedIn profile. Please don’t send us your application via email because we won’t be able to accept it. We do, however, welcome any questions you may have about this particular position.

Want to learn more about who we are and what we do? Check out our careers page or follow us on Instagram! We’re only ever a few clicks away.

Department
Product, Data & Tech

Locations
Stockholm, Sweden