Backend Developer (Playback Security)

Location: Stockholm, Sweden; hybrid model with at least three days per week in the office

Company

hirify.global provides streaming services, radio networks, and TV channels for millions of viewers.

What you will do

• Develop playback services that provide secure and reliable access to streaming content.
• Build capabilities and frameworks that respond continuously to security events.
• Design and maintain secure integrations between playback and security services.
• Strengthen playback flows against unauthorized access and misuse across the content delivery chain.
• Build operational security interfaces and monitor and troubleshoot production services to maintain reliability and performance.

Requirements

• Experience or curiosity to learn using AI-assisted development tools to build, test, and improve backend services while owning code quality, security, and production behavior.
• Solid experience developing backend services with Node.js.
• Experience building secure, reliable, and scalable services, including REST APIs and distributed or event-driven systems.
• Experience deploying services and infrastructure on AWS using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with unit and integration testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting production services.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, and access control, together with a collaborative engineering approach.

Nice to have

• Experience with playback services, access revocation, blocking frameworks, or security enforcement APIs.
• Knowledge of HLS, MPEG-DASH, CDNs, or DRM, and interest in how backend decisions affect content delivery.
• Experience with Rust or Java, or willingness to learn.

Culture & Benefits

• 30 days of paid vacation, pension and insurance scheme, and generous parental leave pay.
• Wellness initiatives and a wellness allowance.
• Hybrid work with at least three days per week in the Stockholm office.
• Learning-focused environment with opportunities to develop and up-skill.
• Annual week-long Hack Days for creating technical solutions, plus unlimited access to Viaplay content.

Hiring process

• Apply by attaching a CV; adding a LinkedIn profile is optional.
• Applications must be submitted through the application page; applications sent by email will not be accepted.