THE ROLE

Become a part of the core team that maintains, extends and improves our video backend based on state of the art technology. Collaborate with a highly skilled and passionate team of multi-national engineers to build and operate our video services.

THE VIDEO BACKEND TEAM

Our team develops the software which drives our carrier-grade streaming platform, covering the full processing chain from content ingest, transcoding, storage and stream delivery. We work closely with the Playback team - our counterpart to bring streaming features into applications, and with the Ads Backend team - whose engineers focus on our solutions for server-side dynamic ad insertion.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Improve our encoding pipeline for live and on-demand content
• Integrate seamless use of GPU or cloud resources in our infrastructure
• Improve our HTTP streaming stack (DASH, HLS) and experiment with new technologies
• Secure sensible content with fine-grained access control and DRM technologies
• Solve the scalability challenges of a global Content Delivery Network
• Improve fault tolerance of our platform
• Develop clean and maintainable code
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers across the company

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Expert knowledge in either C/C++ or Golang programming
• Excellent understanding of operating system / Linux fundamentals
• Expertise and ideas to build highly concurrent and distributed systems
• Experience diagnosing and troubleshooting complex systems using test tools, network management systems and error reporting systems
• Desire and abilities to learn new technologies and programming languages
• Comfortable working with remote colleagues and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in development and support of production systems with 24x7 operations
• Bonus:
  • Experience with video and audio encoding (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC...) or streaming (HLS, MPEG-DASH...) technologies
  • Experience with distributed data stores such as Scylla, Ceph or ClickHouse
  • Experience with container management such as Kubernetes, Docker or LXC

WHY JOIN US? 

At Zattoo, you’re always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. You’ll have the support and opportunity you need to go far, while you’re helping us create a sustainable and entertainment-filled future for all.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Reward: strong market competitive salary
• Recharge: 30 days vacation plus public holidays
• Regulate: trust based flexible working hours and the option for remote working 8 weeks per year

Plus:

• We’re sharing: Free access to the best streaming experience on the market
• We're developing: Your own development budget, German classes and Zattoo all-company hack days
• We’re inclusive: ‘Zattooies’ are a fun, engaged, and diverse team made up of 47 nationalities
• We’re healthy: Health checks, team sports, organic fruit, vegan options and more!
• We’re responsible: We are carbon neutral, an active employee Green team, discounted BVG tickets and free bike rentals
• We’re sociable: A calendar of events with fireside chats, lunches, in-house bar, BBQ’s, monthly socials, summer party and an annual off-site event