Job Description

ABOUT US

Schibsted & Vend Polska is a joint venture between two leading Nordic entities - a major media house, Schibsted, and a dynamic marketplace leader, Vend With over 300 software engineers in Kraków and Gdańsk, we build technology that supports products used by millions.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

tv.nu is one of Sweden’s strongest digital brands, guiding over 1.1 million users every week to discover something to watch and be entertained by.

We’re a small, friendly, and product-focused team where engineers, designers, and product managers collaborate closely to build and evolve the best TV, streaming, and sports guide in Sweden.

You’ll work in a small, experienced team (15 people) across Kraków and Stockholm, on a product that’s:

• already migrated to AWS
• built on modern PHP and microservices
• handling high traffic and large data sets

As we continue modernizing the company’s tech stack, you’ll help shape scalable backend architecture, improve large-scale tv, streaming & sport data processing, and build future-proof product capabilities - while introducing AI-assisted engineering workflows and influencing technical direction in a product used by millions every month, with short paths from idea to impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We think you’ll thrive here if you enjoy building things end-to-end, working in a close-knit team, and contributing to both code and culture.

You’ll likely enjoy this role if you:

• Have strong backend engineering experience (PHP, microservices)
• Have worked with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Are comfortable building and maintaining production APIs
• Have experience with AWS
• Write clean, maintainable code and care about quality and performance
• Contribute to architecture and technical decisions
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams
• Feel good about working in distributed, remote team

ABOUT YOU

You have:

• Strong background in PHP and backend development
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL/MariaDB)
• Experience with APIs, distributed systems or microservices
• Understanding of data processing and system performance
• Ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Good English communication skills

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge on AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Curiosity and willingness to challenge the status quo

WHY JOIN US

At tv.nu, you’ll find an environment that values autonomy, collaboration, and craftsmanship.

We offer:

• Established product with millions of users
• Modernized stack and cloud infrastructure
• Small team, big ownership
• Space to influence decisions and improve how things work
• A role within Schibsted, one of the Nordics’ leading digital media families - giving you access to shared knowledge and a strong engineering community.

We value trust, collaboration, and ownership - and we give you the space to actually use them in practice.

Interested?
We’d like to get to know you! Apply now and help us shape the next generation of tv.nu.