React Native Engineer

THE ROLE

Are you passionate about building seamless, high-performance user experiences? Do you thrive at the intersection of design and technology, where every frame and transition matters? Join our Watch Experience Team and help redefine how users engage with video.

As a React Native Engineer, you'll play a key role in crafting a world-class playback experience. Our mission is to deliver smooth, reliable, and delightful video playback. You'll work closely with the Playback team, ensuring all types of content play flawlessly and transitions between them are lightning-fast. You'll also help build a modern, intuitive On-Screen Display (OSD) that puts the user in control.

THE WATCH EXPERIENCE TEAM

The Watch Experience Team is a cross-functional frontend squad focused on delivering the best possible viewing experience. Our mission is to ensure users can watch any type of stream, any way they want — with smooth transitions, fast response times, and an intuitive interface that just works.

We own all front-end aspects related to playback, including the On-Screen Display (OSD) and its related functionalities, as well as the channel list, menu, casting options, and PIN handling. Our work spans everything the user interacts with while watching content, making us key to how viewers experience and control playback.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Integrate and collaborate with our Playback team to ensure optimal video performance across all content types
• Build a rich, responsive Playback Experience using React Native
• Focus on performance, stability, and smooth transitions between different types of video content
• Work cross-functionally with video engineers, designers, and product managers to shape the future of the watch experience
• Help us push the limits of what's possible in a cross-platform playback UI
• Write automated tests to ensure code reliability
• Write technical documentation

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• 3+ years of professional experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Solid experience with React Native and frameworks related to React Native, including React, Redux, and React Navigation.
• A strong focus on testing, including experience with UI testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress/Playwright, and/or Appium)
• A keen eye for user experience, motion, and performance
• Familiarity with video playback concepts (bonus if you've worked with video players or streaming SDKs)
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills

Bonus:

• Experience with native app development (Swift, Objective-C, Java/Kotlin) and/or web technologies (HTML, CSS, Web APIs, NodeJS).
• Experience with accessibility, particularly in compliance with the European Accessibility Act.
• Experience building apps for native frameworks or Web TVs

WHY JOIN US? 

At Zattoo, you're always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. You'll have the support and opportunity you need to go far, while you're helping us create a sustainable and entertainment-filled future for all.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Reward: strong market competitive salary
• Recharge: 30 days vacation plus public holidays
• Regulate:trust based flexible working hours and the option for remote work worldwide for up to 8 weeks per year

Plus:

• We're sharing: Free access to the best streaming experience on the market
• We're developing: Your own development budget, German classes and Zattoo all-company hack days
• We're inclusive: 'Zattooies' are a fun, engaged, and diverse team made up of 47 nationalities
• We're healthy: Health checks, team sports, organic fruit, vegan options and more
• We're responsible: We are carbon neutral, an active employee Green team, discounted BVG tickets and free bike rentals
• We're sociable: A calendar of events with fireside chats, lunches, in-house bar, BBQ's, monthly socials, summer party and an annual off-site event