External Backend Developer 80% -100%
Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft
Key information
- Publication date:28 July 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join PlayNext's backend team to build a digital-first platform. Enjoy a flexible work environment with a focus on collaboration and user experience.
Tasks
- Unify and enrich content metadata for seamless media delivery.
- Create a reliable source of truth for personalized content experiences.
- Support media workflows with multiple audio tracks and subtitles.
Skills
- Strong backend development experience; fluent in English, good French or German.
- Proficient in Java/Kotlin and advanced SQL knowledge.
- Experience with AWS, Kafka, and NoSQL databases.
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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
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About the application process
Laura Di Paolo
People Lead
+41 58 135 12 80
E-Mail schreiben
Please send your complete application documents by email to Laura Di Paolo.
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.
