Jet-Stream | Groningen, hybrid | full-time
Streaming is something most companies build from scratch every single time. Jet-Stream turned it into a platform. We are looking for a Tech Lead to drive that platform into its next phase over the coming years and take charge of the entire technical operation.
Jet-Stream has been a streaming pioneer for more than thirty years. We are now developing two new platforms at the same time:
Jet-Stream is a high-end media platform with multiple dynamic pipelines for live and on-demand video, with glass-to-glass monitoring. A professional custom media workflow that would take weeks or months to build in the cloud is set up here in minutes, on one central, standardised platform, instead of building custom solutions again and again and maintaining dozens of stacks side by side. That saves our customers, and ourselves, a lot of money and headaches.
StreamZilla is our new VOD platform, built on the same foundations.
We take compliance to the extreme in everything we do, and we go beyond the formal requirements:
Our systems are critical. Every disruption is immediately visible to large numbers of viewers. That makes the work serious, and that is what makes it fun.
You have final responsibility for technology. In practice:
Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code · Go and Python · GitLab CI/CD and Docker · distributed systems, high-performance computing, low-latency streaming, transcoding and packaging · our own hardware in EU data centres
Jet-Stream provides sovereign infrastructure for customers with demanding requirements. That is why every candidate in the final round goes through a nationality and background screening, in line with our sovereignty and ISO profile. We tell you in advance exactly what we check and why.
Does this sound like you? Send your CV and a short motivation to hr [at] jet-stream.com. No need for a lengthy cover letter, but a good conversation is a must.
Streaming has become so commonplace that nobody gives it a second thought. We do, because we were there when it started. In 1994 we delivered the first streams in the Netherlands. We dreamed of a world where video and audio would be available anytime, anywhere. We would never have dared to predict that it would become billions of streams, for the most demanding professional customers in Europe.
More than thirty years later, we are an independent, leading specialist. Broadcasters, publishers, sports clubs, brands and events rely on our platform for live and on-demand streaming. We stand out on what really matters: quality, reliability, privacy, digital sovereignty and green services. Our customers rate us 9.5 out of 10.
In recent years we have reinvented ourselves. We have invested in our own sovereign cloud on our own hardware, two new platforms (Jet-Stream and StreamZilla), a new brand identity and our own film and podcast studios. The foundations are in place, the new direction is paying off, and now we are looking for the people who will take it further.
Jet-Stream is a solid, profitable company without external investors. We don't have to hit growth targets for shareholders, so we can focus on what matters: customers, quality and innovation. We are European, Dutch and down-to-earth in true Groningen style. Honest to the core, hard-working, doing good and beautiful things. A small team, short lines of communication, pleasantly informal and professional.
