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Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
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* 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, Type Script 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* Type Script
* Jest, Cypress, Suitest
* Smart TVs (Samsung Tizen, LG WebOS, Hisense, Philips...)
* AWS Cloud Front, 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…