Senior Frontend Engineer – Streaming Platform
Universal Music Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build and ship features for our streaming platform — from idea to production
- Co-maintain our web application from landing pages to streaming player and more
- Take part in architectural discussions and contribute to long-term technical decisions
- Work in a self-organized team that relies on clear communication and practical engineering
- Share your knowledge when it’s helpful
- Closely collaborate with our other teams working on other platforms (iOS/Android/SmartTV etc.)
Requirements
- Are experienced with modern web technologies (e.g., TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Web APIs)
- Have a good grasp of software engineering fundamentals and code quality practices (e.g., component-driven approach, end-to-end testing, avoiding premature abstraction); ideally your also experienced with CI/CD, observability and cloud environments
- Possess the ability to analyze complex problems and make sound technical decisions
- Feel confident and natural reading, writing, and speaking English and can communicate efficiently in tech as well as business-related contexts; German skills are a plus, but the willingness is to learn the language is a must
Benefits
- Feel the music! – Thanks to a concert ticket budget, streaming service vouchers, employee discounts on physical music and merchandise products as well as various internal events
- Enjoy flexibility! – Thanks to our hybrid work model you benefit from high flexibility and room for collaboration and interactions in our headquarter in Berlin
- Time to relax! – You are more than your job, benefit from 30 vacation days as well as up to 10.5 additional days off per year
- Always on track! - Keep moving sustainably through the capital thanks to special rates for BVG tickets (public transport) and our job bike leasing offer
- Develop yourself! - We offer professional development through various workshops and courses
- Self-care matters! – We promote and support mental health with our Employee Assistance Program for all challenges in life (professional and private); we offer confidential counseling and coaching through a third-party provider
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactWeb APIsCI/CDobservabilitycloud environmentssoftware engineering fundamentalscode quality practicesend-to-end testing
Soft skills
clear communicationcollaborationproblem analysistechnical decision makingknowledge sharingself-organizationconfidence in English communicationbusiness communicationwillingness to learn German