Principal Software Engineer (Quality Assurance) - Video Technology

at  Zattoo

YOUR FUTURE, ON DEMAND

The ideal blend of stability and flexibility. A genuinely human employer that cares for people and the planet. True autonomy to shape what comes next, for us and you. This is the perfect platform to take your career where you want.
Back in 2005, we pioneered Europe’s first TV streaming service. Today, we’re the world’s first certified climate neutral TV streaming provider. 3 million users across three countries. Over 230 colleagues of 47 nationalities. We’re the grown-up start-up, helping to shape a better future since day one. That hasn’t changed, even if the world has. We’re friendly, international, inclusive – and our people say we’re reliable and transparent, too. It’s why they trust us and believe in what we do.

THE ROLE

As Principal Software Engineer (QA)you are an experienced software engineer with a passion for testability. You believe that testing is part of the developer’s responsibility and not a separate step in the development cycle.In the domain of video technology at Zattoo you will support all teams related to the end to end video processing chain, ranging from ingest, encoding, packaging, encryption to content delivery and playback. Collaborate with a highly skilled and passionate team of multi-national engineers to build and operate our video services. This role is considered to be a functional leadership role without people management duties.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Coach teams and individuals in designing, coding, and architecting for testability
• Collaborate with teams and principal engineers to establish, implement and advocate QA strategies, testing frameworks and processes at all test levels
• Advocate for and actively help accelerate our shift left approach in testing
• Identify weak points in existing processes and suggest improvements
• Stay knowledgeable about the automated test tools landscape, evaluating and implementing relevant tools to enhance QA capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize CI/CD processes and drive continuous integration and delivery practices
• Embrace a strong team player mindset, encouraging inclusive decision-making and valuing diverse perspectives
• Develop and implement quality metrics and performance indicators to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of QA processes and shipped increments