Nordic streaming, TV and radio group building ad-supported video
Viaplay Group runs streaming, TV channels and radio across the Nordics, with a native client stack (Kotlin, ExoPlayer, Swift, AVPlayer, tvOS) that shows heavy investment in first-party video players. Job posts cluster around ad insertion, playback performance and monetisation on mobile video, which points to a push toward ad-funded revenue alongside subscriptions. A serverless transition and AI agent work run in parallel on AWS and Azure.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Finance
Viaplay Group is a publicly listed entertainment company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. Its Viaplay streaming service is available across the Nordic countries, the Netherlands and Poland, and its Viaplay Select content concept is distributed through partner platforms internationally. The group also operates TV channels in most of its markets and radio stations in Norway and Sweden. Its programming spans live sports, films, series and music, and the company employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people.
Viaplay Group uses Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and ExoPlayer on Android, Swift, SwiftUI, AVPlayer and tvOS on Apple devices, plus TypeScript, Node.js, Python and Rust, running on AWS and Azure.
Yes, and hiring is accelerating, mainly mid-level roles across engineering, marketing, sales and finance, including a Head of Finance. Open roles are based in Sweden and Spain.
Current projects include an ads monetisation platform for mobile video, client-side and server-side ad insertion workflows, a serverless architecture transition, and AI agents and knowledge-based tools.
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