External Backend Developer 80% -100%
(only direct applications, no agencies will be considered), Zurich / Geneva
Join a team that values honest, respectful collaboration and believes in the power of consent and clear communication. We are self-organized, take initiative, support one another, and are transparent about our strengths and limitations. We prioritize mutual growth, shared responsibility, and creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute.
Your Job
As part of the backend development team for PlayNext, you will contribute to building a digital-first platform by unifying and enriching content metadata and ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality media assets.Your work will focus on creating a single, reliable source of truth content data to power personalized and curated experiences, while also supporting media workflows that deliver multiple subtitles, audio tracks, and audio descriptions.
This role aims to enhance user experience through both intelligent content discovery and inclusive, accessible playback – making PlayNext a seamless, high-quality, and user-centric streaming platform.
The skills we are looking for
- Strong experience in backend development from planning to implementation
- Java/Kotlin
- Advanced database (SQL) knowledge
- AWS
- Kafka user (administrator a plus)
- NoSQL database (Redis, CouchDB, MongoDB, or similar)
- Technical writing (e.g. analysis, tickets, ADRs)
- Fluent in English, good French or German skills
- Open and curious mindset
- Active learning and knowledge-sharing
- Transparent communication / feedback culture
Ways of working
- Main workplace is in Zurich or Geneva with readiness to travel within Switzerland once or twice a month
- Hybrid work, with one or two days required at the office
- The working hours for a full-time position are 40 hours at 8 hours per day with high flexibility
- Agile methodology, presence at all scrum meetings
- The standard SRG tools are in use (Confluence, Jira, Microsoft 365, Slack). The licences and user accounts are provided by SRG
Our promise
High-quality journalism is our core business and passion. We have editorial freedom, encourage creativity and provide plenty of room for new and valuable content.
For us, high-quality journalism is also digital. That is why we explore new opportunities and experiment with new forms and formats: digitally, interactively and across different media. We create content that is in tune with the times and has its finger firmly on its audience’s pulse.
We work self-reliantly, in the spirit of partnership and help to shape our working atmosphere in a truly distinctive way. Our success is built as much on the personal strengths of our employees as it is on their professional qualities.
We reach and touch the whole of Switzerland with our programmes. In our work, we act respectfully and independently, which is how we encourage people to form opinions and strengthen diversity. We are proud of our work and of our contribution to Switzerland.
Glimpse into a working day
Place of work
Contact
About the position
Michaël De Lucia
Head of Product PlayNext
+41 79 201 78 72
About the application process
Laura Di Paolo
People Lead
+41 58 135 12 80
Laura.DiPaolo@srf.ch
Please send your complete application documents by email to Laura Di Paolo.
Location
- Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft
- Fernsehstrasse 1-4
- 8052 Zürich
