Software Engineer (f/m/d) - TV

Summary

RTL Deutschland is a company focused on using AI to enhance technology without replacing human thinking. They are seeking a Software Engineer to develop and optimize SDKs for Smart TVs and related devices, ensuring high performance and stability.

Responsibilities

• Break the Browser Barrier: Take JavaScript into the wild. Build and optimise SDKs that perform flawlessly on Smart TVs, HbbTV, and DVB devices
• Master the Legacy: Dive deep into VanillaJS. Command Prototypes and ES3–ES5. Make them fly
• Engineer for Stability: Build a bulletproof testing suite. Kill the phrase „it works on my machine“. Ensure your code survives thousands of different TV models
• Hunt the Unhuntable: Debug issues that only appear on one specific OS version of one specific TV brand in one specific country. Find the pattern. Fix the root cause
• Decode the Protocols: Master HbbTV, CTV, and DVB. Turn opaque specifications into elegant, high-performance code

Skills

• Bring 3+ years of professional engineering experience
• Understand how JavaScript actually works under the hood (Prototypes, Event Loop, Memory)
• Use TypeScript and Node.js to bring structure to the chaos
• Fight the battle with Smart TV / HbbTV / CTV / DVB
• Deploy with Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins
• Read Grafana dashboards and Graylog traces like a map
• Obsess Over Testing: Don't stop until every edge case is covered
• Weaponise Mocha, Supertest, Puppeteer, and Playwright
• Command Git: Make version control your second nature

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bring 3+ years of professional engineering experience
• Understand how JavaScript actually works under the hood (Prototypes, Event Loop, Memory)
• Use TypeScript and Node.js to bring structure to the chaos

Nice to Haves

• Fight the battle with Smart TV / HbbTV / CTV / DVB
• Deploy with Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins
• Read Grafana dashboards and Graylog traces like a map
• Obsess Over Testing: Don't stop until every edge case is covered
• Weaponise Mocha, Supertest, Puppeteer, and Playwright
• Command Git: Make version control your second nature

Benefits

• 30 days of vacation
• Dec 24 & 31 off
• Smart Fridays (4 days week possible)
• Mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad)
• Sports & health offerings
• Mental health support
• Corporate benefits
• RTL+ access
• Hackathons, conferences, community – we invest in your growth and keep you at the cutting edge