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.

Were looking for the best people to join us on our journey. Right now were searching for a Streaming Engineer to ourStreaming Experience team in our Stockholm officeare you ready to hit play on an exciting career change

The role

As a Streaming Engineer at Viaplay you will play an important role inworking to improve the quality and reliability of our streaming platform. Therole is wide and stretches from researching and developing future video andstreaming functionality to daily operational tasks like investigation ofproduction issues. Together with your team you will work closely withdifferent stakeholders across Viaplay Group as well as towards partners andexternal stakeholders.

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

• Manage optimize and develop our streaming platform to ensurehigh performance stability and redundancy
• Manage our encoding and monitoring solutions
• Follow up on QoE statistics and investigate potential issues to findroot cause and make improvements
• Optimize video delivery and follow up with our CDN partners
• Work closely with Technical Operations when planning large liveevents to ensure flawless deliveries
• Assist developers regarding video audio and streaming relatedproblems

What were looking for

In the Streaming Experience team we are a group consisting of streamingand videoengineers backend developers a QA Engineer as well as productand engineeringmanager. 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 andrelevant technologies. If you have previous experience of working withstreaming products we would be really happy!

We understand you may feel confident ticking certain boxes more than others and thats why we always keep an open mind in our recruitment process. But in order to thrive in this role we do believe youll 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 encodingABR packaging CDN DRM etc.
• Experience of working with cloud services
• Thrive in sharing knowledge and experience with others
• Solid problemsolving skills
• Strong communication skills and a great team player

Its a bonus if you have:

• Developer background

What we offer you

• Weve 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 includingwellness allowance.
• A safe space to grow and upskill. Our learning culture puts you in the drivers seat of your own development.
• An innovative environment with Hack Days once a year. This weeklong 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 dont send us your application via email because we wont be able to accept it. We do however welcome any questions you may have about this particular position.

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