JavaScript Engineer

Job Description:

Rakuten TV is one of Europe’s leading video streaming platforms, offering premium transactional (TVOD) and advertising-based (AVOD/FAST) content to millions of users across more than 40 countries. Backed by Rakuten Group - one of the world’s largest internet services companies - we operate a cutting-edge B2B2C model, partnering with leading device manufacturers, broadcasters, and advertising networks to deliver premium entertainment experiences.

Headquartered in Barcelona, our international team combines deep expertise in technology, content, sales, and finance to drive continued growth across EMEA. We are a data-driven, fast-paced organisation that values intellectual curiosity, ownership, and collaboration.

Are you a Video on Demand passionate? Do you like technology? Are you a Front-end engineer? If your answer is yes, you are at the right place. Rakuten TV is looking for a Front-end engineer with experience on developing HTML5 Smart TV applications.

Work with a team of wildly talented and highly motivated coworkers in the fast-growing industry of Video on Demand in one the most exciting cities in Europe, Barcelona.

The position

You will be part of the end-to-end lifecycle of features, from concept to deployment and maintenance

You will be part of an experimented team of developers, QA engineers, designers and product owners

Your code will be executed by millions of customers every month

You will need to build and optimize UIs for TVs applications

What we expect from you

5+ years of relevant experience as JavaScript developer with React in TVs environment

Experience with monorepo (pnpm)

Experience creating and maintaining re-usable UI libraries (Storybook)

Experience with focus navigation systems on TVs

Experience integrating a design system from Figma to the code base

Experience publishing packages using npm registry

Experience publishing and managing TV applications (Samsung Seller office, LG store, Google Play...)

Experience with the HTML5 video player and other players (hls.js, Shaka Player and or Dash Player)

Experience with Video Ad Serving Template (VAST)

Mater rendering performance on low performant devices like TVs and set top boxes

Experience working with a dynamic product that requires changes almost every day

Strong knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript and modern frontend tooling

Experience working with scrum and agile methodologies

Believe in a very good testing strategy

You are comfortable researching new technologies and/or looking for the optimal solution

Work with backend engineers, product managers and UX designers to deliver polished features

Participate and assist in setting the long-term direction, roadmaps, and standards for the web app

Stack

React

Redux

Next.js

Webpack

TypeScript

Jest, Cypress, Suitest

Smart TVs (Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, Hisense, Philips...)

AWS CloudFront, AWS S3

We’d love to hire someone who is

Communicative and social – We’re a friendly bunch and great communication is the key to our success

Dedicated to continual improvement – We want someone who is eager to pick up new skills and willing to try new things

Collaborative and helpful – We go much further when we help each other improve whenever and however we can

Problem solver at heart – We have loads of interesting challenges in our problem-space which require some creative thinking!

Some Good Reasons To Apply

Join a leading global tech company.

Flexible work: hybrid model, flexible hours and Friday afternoon off!

Fast-track your career in a high-growth environment.

Interesting training resources & free language classes.

Enjoy a great work atmosphere, team activities & offsites.

Modern, sustainable offices near Barcelona beach. Wellbeing focused.

Access wellbeing & mental health platforms.

Free coffee, juice & lunch allowance in the office.

Work with a diverse team of 24+ nationalities!

Flexible Remuneration: medical insurance or extra funds for meals/commuting/childcare.

Access to Wellhub!

Rakuten Shugi Principles

Rakuten Group has an unswerving commitment to building an egalitarian society by empowering individuals and companies to be successful in business and in life. We expect “Rakutenians” to model these 5 “Shugi” Principles of Success:

Always improve, always advance. With enough determination and effort, you can achieve anything.

Be passionately professional. Be determined to be the best.

Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika. Success in business depends on making and executing concrete specific action plans.

Maximize Customer Satisfaction. The greatest satisfaction in a service industry is to see our customers smile.

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! Always be conscious of time. Take charge, set clear goals, and engage yourself and your team.

Our D&I Mission

Rakuten’s corporate mission is to “contribute to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship.” We foster a culture that provides equal opportunities to those who share this founding philosophy and take on the challenge to transform society, regardless gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, culture, nationality, disability, or any other status. Diversity is one of Rakuten's core strategies and a driving force for innovation. To continue to provide innovative services, we strive to respect the uniqueness and values of every one of our Rakutenians, located all around the world, and to create environments where they are able to demonstrate their full potential.

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