iOS Developer - Viaplay Tech Hub Barcelona

At Viaplay Group, we entertain millions of people every day through our streaming services, radio networks, TV channels and production studios. We believe in the power of content not just as a way of telling stories and touching lives, but also expanding worlds.

We’re looking for the best people to join us on our journey. Right now, we are seeking a talented iOS/tvOS Developer to join our new Player Experience Team in the Barcelona office. If you are passionate about creating immersive and user-friendly interfaces for media streaming applications, we want to hear from you! – are you ready to hit play on an exciting career change?

The role
As an iOS developer for Player Experience, you will join Viaplay with the mission to further develop and maintain our platform with a focus on developing and improving our player experience on iOS and tvOS. You are dedicated making sure our customers have a pleasant and smooth experience while playing content from our Viaplay library.

You’ll be involved in the whole development lifecycle and everyday work may consist of development, solution design, complexity assessment, as well as test and deployment for the Player Framework, and Viaplay apps & software.

You will join a new Player Experience team that is distributed in Stockholm and Barcelona, and with your peers, you will be developing solutions aligned with technical and product long-term visions. The team delivers on goals based on our customer journey and are autonomous in how to create the best solutions to reach their goals, but collaboration with other teams is key.

If you are also social and keen on having fun together in our office and outside after work hours, we are a match!

Some responsibilities within the role

• Contribute to the development of features that elevate the overall player experience, including seamless content transitions and advanced playback controls.
• Optimize code for performance, responsiveness, and cross-device compatibility to deliver a consistent experience on various platforms.
• Implement interactive features and controls within the media player interface, enhancing user engagement during content playback.
• Design and implement intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces for media streaming applications.
• Work closely with UI/UX designers to bring design concepts to life, ensuring a seamless and engaging player experience.
• Collaborate with backend developers to integrate APIs, ensuring smooth communication between the frontend and server-side components.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards.

What we’re looking for
We think you’re an experienced Developer within iOS/tvOS and If you have experience working on streaming and player experience, we would be blown away! We would also like you to push forward internal development by sharing knowledge and keeping on top of the latest technologies.

We understand you may feel confident ticking certain boxes more than others and that’s why we always keep an open mind in our recruitment process. But, in order to thrive in this role, we do believe you’ll have at least some experience in the following:

• Proven experience as an iOS Developer (mobile and/or tvOS)
• Proficient in Swift and Objective-C
• Understanding of the iOS SDK and Frameworks (AVFoundation for media playback)
• Familiarity with UIKit and SwiftUI
• Experience in designing and implementing user interfaces for media streaming applications or video players.
• Understanding of responsive design principles and the ability to create device-agnostic interfaces that adapt to various screen sizes.
• Collaboration skills to work effectively with other developers, streaming engineers, UI/UX designers and others.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail in optimizing frontend code for performance.

It’s a bonus if you have:

• Experience in AVPlayer
• Familiarity with other media player frameworks and adaptive streaming technologies.
• Knowledge of video encoding/decoding, streaming protocols (e.g., HLS), and video playback optimization.
• Knowledge on content protection
  

Our offering

• We’ve got the basics covered (and then some)! 30 days of paid vacation every year and extra compensation on top of a parental pay lift.
• Your wellbeing matters. We have an attractive pension and insurance scheme with full health care coverage should you need it.
• A safe space to grow and up-skill with the freedom to try new things in autonomous teams. Our learning culture puts you in the driver’s seat of your own development, while always making sure you feel supported with regular knowledge-sharing sessions, technical training, mentorship opportunities and peer-to-peer networks.
• 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 live sports & pay per view 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.

Department
Product, Data & Tech

Locations
Barcelona, Spain