Senior Software Engineer - Backend

The role

We are looking for a skilled software engineer to join our backend team and help us shape the New TV world.

Scaling our platform to handle tens of thousands of req/s with zero downtime, providing real time reports and forecasts based on billions of log rows and building a simple and intuitive UI that lets clients easily traffic their advertisement campaigns and maximize their sales; these are some of the complex challenges that make development work at Videoplaza interesting and rewarding. 

As a Backend Software Engineer, you would join a team working on new features and functionality in every layer of our product, but with a clear emphasis on the backend components. Although you are likely to spend most of the time developing software relevant to your expertise, you will be exposed to and required to understand all parts of the system.

At Videoplaza we practice Agile development and rely on practices such as TDD, code reviews, continuous integration and continuous deployment. Our development teams work in an autonomous fashion, performing all steps of software development, from architecting to deployment, by themselves. The teams constantly evaluate themselves and the processes, trying to find better ways of doing things and help each other improve.

We're absolutely convinced that in order to be really good at something, you need to truly enjoy doing it. We aim to create an inspiring workplace and believe that a great atmosphere plays an important role in bringing out the very best in every individual.

Who we're looking for

Most importantly, you are an outstanding software developer. We code mostly in Java, Scala and Javascript and use databases, frameworks and tools such as Cassandra, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Guice, Backbone.js, Git, Maven and Jenkins. Solid experience of one or more of these is no doubt a bonus however the kind of person we are looking for quickly and easily picks up new languages and frameworks.

Furthermore we insist that you have a passion for what you do and a hunger for learning new things. We constantly evaluate and try to better ourselves. We expect you to do the same and - just as important - help others improve as well.

All meetings and written communication at Videoplaza are in English. Swedish is not a requirement.

You need to be a natural fit with the Videoplaza team:

At Videoplaza we power the video advertising businesses for some of the world’s largest media companies, enabling them to be profitable as they invest in video across screens – what we call the new IP-delivered TV.

Videoplaza’s video ad serving platform, Karbon, monetises video experiences across PCs, mobile devices, tablets, game consoles, IPTV, Smart TV and HBBTV. We help publishers and broadcasters manage, sell, optimise yield and deliver video advertising across all these environments.

We are venture capital backed, growing rapidly and have clients in more than 25 markets worldwide. Videoplaza’s headquarters are in London and the business has 8 offices across Europe and Asia. Our  Stockholm office is the hub for all R&D and has an international feel with colleagues from over 15 different countries.

The foosball table takes pride of place in the office and private hacktime is regularly on the agenda. We also host meet-ups at the office and take an active part in the Stockholm start-up scene.

Videoplaza is an equal opportunities employer. Job applicants will be asked to provide evidence of their ability to work and live in the country where the role exists.