Senior Backend Engineer (Media Delivery)

Startupvalleys; Sankt Gallen; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension fund

Work from inspiring locations

Job summary

Frontify is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Media Delivery) to own the media delivery path, from transformation to delivery at scale. You will work on a core engine handling images and videos with FFmpeg, plus Node.js services and occasional C++ work, operating on Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS infrastructure.

You’ll optimize performance and cost, maintain caching/CDN layers, and contribute to runbooks and design docs.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining high-quality, scalable backend and background processing services.
• Production experience on Kubernetes with monitoring and debugging live systems.
• Strong AWS architecture experience, focusing on performance optimization and cost management for S3, CloudFront, Lambda, and ALB at scale.
• Comfort with Docker and Linux; reading, compiling and debugging native C++ code when needed.
• Experience with media pipelines – FFmpeg, codecs, image or video processing; HDR and video expertise a plus.
• English fluency and ability to read and write technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance the media transformation engine (resizing, format conversion, video processing) using FFmpeg and native libraries, mainly via Node.js services and some C++ core work.
• Design and operate services on Kubernetes (EKS) with Helm charts, deployments, and alerts.
• Develop async bulk-processing capabilities with job queues and autoscaling to handle spikes fairly for customers.
• Maintain the delivery path performance and cost via caching/CDN (Varnish, HAProxy, CloudFront).
• Participate in code reviews and document designs, decisions, and runbooks.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Go

Kubernetes

AWS

Docker

Linux

FFmpeg

C++

Video processing

Tools

Helm

CloudFront

S3

Lambda

ALB

HAProxy

Varnish

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer (Media Delivery)at FrontifySenior Backend Engineer (Media Delivery)FrontifyPosted Sep 16, 2026 Sankt Gallen, Switzerland · Map# Senior Backend Engineer (Media Delivery)At a glanceLocation Sankt Gallen, SwitzerlandEmployment typeFull-timeJob familyEngineeringOriginal posting - from FrontifyFrontify is the brand platform behind some of the world's leading organizations, including Microsoft, Telefónica, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, and Kia. We help every team bring brands to life - with governance in one place, seamless workflows across the tools people already use, and a foundation that's ready for AI.We're driven by collaboration, curiosity, and the belief that great work can happen anywhere. What began in St. Gallen has grown to London, New York, and beyond. Wherever you join us, you'll take ownership from day one, shape work that reaches global brands, and help redefine how brands work in the age of AI.#### Your MissionOur team owns Frontify's media delivery path end-to-end, the engine that processes and serves every image and video, at ~180 TB of traffic a month. We build it and run it: from bulk asset transformation and fast preview generation to the Kubernetes infrastructure and CDN caching it all runs on. Our mission: media processing and delivery that absorbs any customer's spike without ever slowing another customer, at a cost we're proud of. You will play a significant role in making this a reality and in solving the technical challenges along the way.#### Your Responsibilities* You'll build and enhance our media transformation engine - resizing, format conversion, and video processing - built on FFmpeg and native libraries, mostly through our Node.js services and occasionally in the C++ core.* You'll design and operate our services on Kubernetes (EKS): Helm charts, deployments, alerts. And simplifying what's grown too complex.* You'll work on our async bulk-processing capabilities: job queues, autoscaling for spiky workloads, and fairness between customers.* You'll help keep the delivery path fast and cheap, working with our caching and CDN layer (Varnish, HAProxy, CloudFront).* You'll participate in code reviews and write things down - designs, decisions, and runbooks - so the team's knowledge lives in documents, not in heads.#### Your Story* You have experience designing, building, and maintaining high-quality, scalable backend and background processing services (Node.js, TypeScript, Go, or similar).* You have operated your own services in production on Kubernetes - Helm, monitoring, debugging live systems - not just deployed once and walked away.* You possess solid experience with AWS architecture and infrastructure, particularly regarding performance optimisation and cost management for S3, CloudFront, Lambda functions, and ALB at scale.* You're comfortable in Docker and Linux, and can read, compile and debug native code (C++) when the engine misbehaves, but you don't need to be a C++ expert.* Experience with media pipelines - FFmpeg, codecs, image or video processing - is a big plus; HDR and video expertise especially so.* Frontify's product is largely PHP; our path is mostly C++ and Node.js with a couple of PHP components. You don't need to be a PHP developer - but reading it and fixing the occasional bug shouldn't put you off.* You speak English fluently.#### What We Offer* A minimum of 25 days annual leave per year* Parental, family care, and bereavement leave* Daily sickness benefits and accident insurance* Paid educational and wellbeing days off* Wellbeing, learning and development, and commuter allowance* Home office setup budget* **Pension fund:** contributions paid 60% by us and 40% by you* Access to exclusive perks and discounts from hundreds of top brands* **Workation:** Work from inspiring locations around the world for up to 45 days per year!* Invite to our summer company meet-upWe understand that every candidate's experience is different. If you're interested in this role but don't tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.#### A few things to knowFrontify is a place where authenticity and inclusion thrive, empowering every voice to help shape our future. We're committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process. If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please speak with your Talent Partner. Any information you share will remain confidential.This description outlines the primary duties of the role, which may evolve in response to business needs and company growth. We're looking for someone comfortable with change and excited to contribute to a dynamic environment. If this sounds like you, join us and help shape the future of branding.We may conduct preliminary checks for successful candidates, depending on the role and in line with local laws. We'll share all relevant details during the interview process.We use third-party artificial intelligence (AI) tools to record and transcribe interviews and to help our team review candidate profiles. These tools don't replace human judgment, and all evaluations and final hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team. Please see our Privacy Notice https://www.frontify.com/en/legal/privacy-notice for more information about how we process your data and how to exercise your privacy rights.Opens the company's job page in a new tab.·