React Native Engineer

YOUR FUTURE ON DEMAND

The ideal blend of stability and flexibility. A genuinely human employer that cares for people and the planet. True autonomy to shape what comes next for us and you. This is the perfect platform to take your career where you want.

Back in 2005 we pioneered Europes first TV streaming service. Today were the worlds first certified climate neutral TV streaming provider. 3 million users across three countries. Over 230 colleagues of 47 nationalities. Were the grown-up start-up helping to shape a better future since day one. That hasnt changed even if the world has. Were friendly international inclusive and our people say were reliable and transparent too. Its why they trust us and believe in what we do.

THE ROLE

Are you passionate about building seamless high-performance user experiences Do you thrive at the intersection of design and technology where every frame and transition matters Join our Watch Experience Team and help redefine how users engage with video.

As a React Native Engineer youll play a key role in crafting a world-class playback experience. Our mission is to deliver smooth reliable and delightful video playback. Youll work closely with the Playback team ensuring all types of content play flawlessly and transitions between them are lightning-fast. Youll also help build a modern intuitive On-Screen Display (OSD) that puts the user in control.

THE WATCH EXPERIENCE TEAM

The Watch Experience Team is a cross-functional frontend squad focused on delivering the best possible viewing experience. Our mission is to ensure users can watch any type of stream any way they want with smooth transitions fast response times and an intuitive interface that just works.

We own all front-end aspects related to playback including the On-Screen Display (OSD) and its related functionalities as well as the channel list menu casting options and PIN handling. Our work spans everything the user interacts with while watching content making us key to how viewers experience and control playback.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Integrate and collaborate with our Playback team to ensure optimal video performance across all content types
• Build a rich responsive Playback Experience using React Native
• Focus on performance stability and smooth transitions between different types of video content
• Work cross-functionally with video engineers designers and product managers to shape the future of the watch experience
• Help us push the limits of whats possible in a cross-platform playback UI
• Write automated tests to ensure code reliability
• Write technical documentation

WHAT YOULL BRING

• 3 years of professional experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Solid experience with React Native and frameworks related to React Native including React Redux and React Navigation.
• A strong focus on testing including experience with UI testing frameworks (Jest Cypress/Playwright and/or Appium)
• A keen eye for user experience motion and performance
• Familiarity with video playback concepts (bonus if youve worked with video players or streaming SDKs)
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills

Bonus:

• Experience with native app development (Swift Objective-C Java/Kotlin) and/or web technologies (HTML CSS Web APIs NodeJS).
• Experience with accessibility particularly in compliance with the European Accessibility Act.
• Experience building apps for native frameworks or Web TVs

WHY JOIN US

At Zattoo youre always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. Youll have the support and opportunity you need to go far while youre 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 work worldwide for up to 8 weeks per year

Plus:

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

Zattoo enables our users to view indiscriminately and we reflect that in our team too. Regardless of race gender sexual orientation religion national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by law we encourage everyone to apply and will give everyone equal consideration. We are an equal opportunities employer join us and help build a diverse team dedicated to the future of TV.