Frontend Developer, Advertising Platform

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.   Viaplay is accelerating our growth on Advertising & Monetisation with sharper focus to bring measurable, attractive, modern advertising formats to the Nordic market cross all our platforms. Right now, we’re searching for a Frontend Developer (Smart TV) in our Stockholm office – are you ready to hit play on an exciting career change? The Role  We are looking for a frontend developer to help build and evolve our ads & monetisation experience across mobile video and streaming products, focusing on our TV application. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working close to the user experience while also solving complex technical challenges around playback, performance, reliability, and advertising delivery. You will work in a cross-functional product team, collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across engineering, product, design, data, and commercial teams to deliver high-quality ad experiences. What Your Day Might Look Like Design, build, and maintain features on our platform, related to ads monetisation in a modern mobile appWork with tracking and measurement of ads, and ad decisioning integrationsContribute smooth, reliable ad experiences across live, linear, and on-demand streaming use casesCollaborate with backend and platform teams on integrations involving client-side and server-side ad insertion workflowsImprove app performance, stability, observability, and user experience around ad playbackParticipate in technical discovery, architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, and release activitiesHelp troubleshoot complex production issues related to playback, ads, analytics, and device-specific behaviour What We’re Looking For  We are looking for a passionate and experienced developer with a genuine interest in frontend development. If you have experience working with TV applications, we would be blown away. You thrive in a high energy, team-driven environment where you love getting stuff done, and having fun while you are doing it. Successful candidates also meet all or some of the following: Experience developing customer-focused web-based services, using HTML/JavaScriptExperience working with a state-less and highly transactional end user product.Good understanding of architecture, performance optimisation, testing, debugging, and maintainable code designExperience working with video playback, streaming, media apps, or complex mobile user journeysAbility to collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate technical trade-offs clearlyA pragmatic engineering mindset with attention to reliability, quality, and user experience It’s a bonus if you have:  Experience with advertising technology in media streaming, such as SSAI, CSAI, VAST, VMAP, ad SDKs, ad tracking, or measurementExperience from AVOD, FAST, live streaming, OTT, or other ad-supported video productsExperience working with commercial, ad operations, or monetisation stakeholdersYou value collaboration, inclusive communication, and continuous improvement Why join us You will have the opportunity to work in a business-critical area where you directly contribute to product quality, viewer experience, and sustainable revenue growth. You will join a team where technical excellence, experimentation, and collaboration are valued, and where your work can have a visible impact on scale. 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. Flexibility that works. We follow a hybrid model with at least three days a week in the office, giving you the best mix of collaboration and focus time.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.