About the Role
Stop building React apps that only run in the latest Chrome. Instead, make JavaScript run on a 5-year-old Smart TV with a crippled engine, limited memory, and a manufacturer’s implementation of HbbTV that defies logic. Become a Platform Engineer. Join a guild of JS veterans. Stop fighting the browser – start conquering the fragmentation of the living room.
Responsibilities
- Take JavaScript into the wild.
- Build and optimise SDKs that perform flawlessly on Smart TVs, HbbTV, CTV, and DVB devices.
- Dive deep into VanillaJS.
- Command Prototypes and ES3–ES5.
- Build a bulletproof testing suite.
- Ensure your code survives thousands of different TV models.
- Debug issues that only appear on one specific OS version of one TV brand in one specific country.
- Find the pattern and fix the root cause.
- Master HbbTV, CTV, and DVB.
- Turn opaque specifications into elegant, high-performance code.
Requirements
- Bring 3+ years of professional engineering experience.
- Understand how JavaScript actually works under the hood (Prototypes, Event Loop, Memory).
- Use TypeScript and Node.js to bring structure to the chaos.
- Fight the battle with Smart TV / HbbTV / CTV / DVB.
- Deploy with Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins.
- Read Grafana dashboards and Graylog traces like a map.
- Don’t stop until every edge case is covered.
- Weaponise Mocha, Supertest, Puppeteer, and Playwright.
- Make version control your second nature.
Skills
- JavaScript
- VanillaJS
- Prototypes
- ES3
- ES5
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Smart TV
- HbbTV
- CTV
- DVB
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- Grafana
- Graylog
- Mocha
- Supertest
- Puppeteer
- Playwright
- Git
Location
- Berlin
- Köln
Work Type
- 50% Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years of professional engineering experience
Benefits
- Ownership over tickets
- No unnecessary bureaucracy
- No micromanagement
- 30 days of vacation
- Dec 24 & 31 off
- Smart Fridays (4 days week possible)
- Mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad)
- Sports & health offerings
- Mental health support
- Corporate benefits
- RTL+ access
About the Company
- We use AI to accelerate – not to replace thinking.
- We design the system, steer the output, and take responsibility for what we ship.
- Fast where it makes sense. Careful where it matters.
Equal Opportunity
- smartclip is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other diverse characteristics.
