JustWatch is the world’s leading movie and TV show streaming guide with over 25 million monthly users. We make it easy to see what’s new and popular on your favourite services or search for your favourite flick and see where it’s available. We currently list hundreds of legal streaming services in 139 countries.
Streaming data is the foundation of JustWatch. Everything from our website, TV and mobile apps to public APIs and partner data exports depends on the quality and freshness of our data. The Content team is a group of dedicated and passionate people working together to build the world’s largest collection of streaming information, powering experiences for millions of users and data partners around the world.
Who we are looking forWe are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our Content team and take ownership of our Partner Platform. The Content team is responsible for acquiring streaming availability, metadata, and other content data, and serving it to both internal and external consumers.
This role goes beyond maintaining APIs and exports. You'll be responsible for professionalizing our partner offerings and creating a best-in-class experience for our partners. That means shaping everything from unified public documentation for our partner products to evaluating and implementing a developer platform that enables self-service integrations.
You'll own the partner platform end-to-end, working closely with Engineering, Partnerships, and BI to understand partner needs, automate workflows, improve reliability, and build the foundation for a public developer hub.
Curiosity, drive, and passion are shared characteristics of everyone at JustWatch, and we look for these qualities in every person we hire. We value people who continuously challenge themselves and those around them to learn and improve. We also believe that "done is better than perfect," while maintaining a strong commitment to software craftsmanship and elegant, simple solutions.
What you will be doing
Own the technical direction of our Partner Platform, including APIs, data exports, and future self-service offerings.
Drive the professionalization of our partner products by creating a unified and well-documented partner experience.
Evaluate developer portal platforms and lead the implementation of a public developer hub for our partners.
Work closely with the Partnerships team to identify opportunities for automation, self-service capabilities, and new partner-facing features.
Collaborate with the BI team to publish and maintain clear documentation for partner data exports and APIs.
Take end-to-end responsibility for planning, building, operating, and scaling the APIs, data exports, and embeddable widgets used by our B2B partners.
Monitor partner exports, improve alerting and operational visibility, investigate issues, and continuously improve the reliability of the platform.
Respond to and resolve partner support requests, improving internal tooling and processes to reduce operational overhead over time.
Collaborate with other engineering teams on larger cross-functional initiatives.
What we need from you
3+ years of professional experience in backend engineering.
Strong experience with Go and building production backend services.
Experience designing, building, and operating APIs.
Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL or Elasticsearch.
Bonus points if you've built developer platforms, self-service API products, public documentation, or developer portals.
A product mindset with the ability to work across Engineering, Product, Partnerships, and BI to deliver solutions that create value for both internal teams and external partners.
Fluent in English.
What we offer you
- No more boring, outdated structures and superficial gym memberships.
- Fun, fast-paced technology. Deploying via ChatOps via Slack. Images deployed to Kubernetes, Prometheus for instrumenting and infrastructure running on Google Cloud Platform. Fast decisions and turnarounds.
- We believe in a permission-less environment that lets us focus on delivering value without overcomplicating things.
- We prioritise meaningful work over perks, and that true fulfilment comes from intrinsic motivation, personal growth, and making a lasting impact.
- We trust our skilled professionals to maintain a no-nonsense attitude and create an environment that promotes innovation.
- We are committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals, and we offer a collaborative and supportive environment to do so.
- Truly a hybrid work environment. You are not required to come to the office, but you will definitely want to.
Sounds like you? Great! We’d like to meet you.
Media is important to us, and we are always happy to hear from people who enjoy film! If you feel like you are missing some of the hard skills, don’t worry, we are hiring for the attitude, values, and personality.
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How to applyJust hit the apply button and leave us your CV, some basic info, and a short introduction that helps us get to know you. Tell us what motivates you, why you want to work at JustWatch, and how you think you can help us achieve our goals.
Please only apply if you are genuinely interested. Copy-paste mass applications will receive a copy-paste rejection email. The same goes for applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content. We want to get to know you as a person first, not your prompts.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Talent Team via LinkedIn or apply directly through our jobs page.
Research shows women apply when meeting 100% qualifications, men at 60%. JustWatch welcomes all candidates, especially women and marginalised groups. Apply, let's talk and explore if you're a great fit.
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of deep familiarity with the Go language
- 3+ years of work experience in a backend engineering role
- Experience with databases like Postgres or Elasticsearch
- Fluent in English
- Experience building self-service API offerings, developer tools, or public documentation
What We Do
We are JustWatch. The only media company built for modern-day entertainment. JustWatch Media helps entertainment brands around the world get to grips with new challenges and opportunities. From blockbuster movies, award winning shows, major sporting events and console games, we buy media for our clients across the major digital platforms. Our media buying capabilities are powered by JustWatch The Streaming Guide. Live and localized in over 130 markets, it is the biggest streaming guide in the world, billions of data points from over 200,000 movies & shows and tens of millions of users, which means we understand audiences and content better. We have offices in Berlin, Munich, Paris, Rome, London and New York and we’d love to hear from you. Our mission is to connect entertainment fans with their favorite content worldwide.
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