Senior Frontend Engineer Streaming Platform – STAGE Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon (DG) is one of Universal’s most appraised and long-standing labels, upholding its tradition and excellence for over 125 years: DG is the market leader for classical music and represents extraordinary artists.

We are operating STAGE+, our global premium multi-platform streaming service for classical (live) video and audio content. This is a unique opportunity to be part of that journey.

Within your future role you will contribute to further develop and maintain this platform in a customer-centric and business-impact-oriented way. We’re not looking for buzzword collectors or perfect résumés. We’re looking for someone who can combine technical execution with product judgment, communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and contributes to a healthy, collaborative team. Experience comes in many forms.

Here’s your chance to join! Effective immediately, we’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer (all genders) Streaming Platform to become part of our STAGE+ team at our Headquarters in Berlin
. It will be a permanent full-time position embedded in our Frontend team
, with close collaboration across Product and Engineering, reporting to our Director of Engineering Streaming Platform.

• Strengthen our Web App / Frontend team as a product-minded technical contributor
• Build and ship impactful features for our streaming platform — from idea and prototype to production
• Shape and co-own our Web App, from landing pages to the streaming player and beyond
• Turn stakeholder needs into pragmatic, scalable and user-focused technical solutions
• Contribute to architectural discussions and help shape the long‑term evolution of our platform
• Use AI, automation and lightweight tooling to simplify workflows and improve how we work
• Support tracking and analytics solutions at the intersection of frontend, product and business needs
• Collaborate closely across Engineering and with our iOS, Android and Smart TV teams, sharing knowledge and contributing to a self-organized, pragmatic engineering culture

• Have a solid engineering background, ideally with modern web technologies such as Type Script/JavaScript, React, NextJS and Web APIs
• Can build, configure, connect, test and ship useful software without over complicating things
• Have a good grasp of software engineering fundamentals and code quality practices such as component-driven development, testing, maintainability and avoid premature abstraction; ideally you are also experienced with CI/CD, observability and cloud environments
• Are curious and practical about AI, automation and internal tooling, and know how to turn promising ideas into useful workflows
• Can analyze ambiguous problems, ask good questions and shape pragmatic solutions
• Can communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
• Feel confident reading, writing and speaking English and can communicate efficiently in technical as well as business‑related contexts;
  German skills are a plus, but the willingness to learn the language is a must

• You are enthusiastic about the music industry and eager to actively contribute to building an inspiring ecosystem for artists, creatives and fans
• You have a collaborative mindset and enjoy working across Product, Engineering and business teams
• You are curious about new tools, AI workflows and practical automation, without turning it into a grand philosophy
• You thrive within an agile, but practical environment - we use what works, not what’s fashionable
• You value clarity, pragmatism and healthy collaboration — no artificial heroism, no over-engineering
• You can say ‘no’, reduce scope or suggest a simpler path when that creates a better outcome

• React, Type Script, Node.js, Tailwind CSS
• GraphQL APIs
• Modern CI/CD pipelines
• HTML5 Audio and Video Streaming implementation (HLS)
• AI‑enabled workflows, automation tools and internal tooling

• Creativity – Home to Artists, Innovators and Entrepreneurs.
• Connection – We are ONE team.
• Passion – Music is our first love.
• Responsibility – It’s up to us.
• Diversity – Music is universal.
• Factuition – Guided…