Associate Software Engineer

About the Company

The VITEC office in Israel plays a critical role in streaming video and software technology. With the award-winning EZ TV IPTV, the talented team in Herzliya contributed significantly to the platform that won an Engineering and Technical Emmy Award, received at NAB 2022.

VITEC is a market-leading provider of IPTV, digital signage, and video streaming technologies that help organizations harness the power of video to communicate, educate, and entertain. VITEC is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of hardware and software for video encoding, decoding, transcoding, archiving, and streaming over IP. Our end-to-end video streaming solutions enable customers to capture TV and video content directly from any source and manage its delivery, as channels or within digital signage screens, to any connected device via an existing network.

From corporate, broadcast, and venues, to accommodation, government, and military, VITEC has global expertise in delivering complex, proAV solutions. VITEC’s award-winning IPTV platform is a powerful suite of services for content management, digital signage, video archiving, and video wall processing. Our encode/decode solutions are 100% hardware-based, including PCIe cards with SDK for custom design or OEM for high-performance video systems.

Headquartered in Paris, France, we have a global reach through our offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Making a difference with green initiatives, VITEC is the first Zero Carbon MPEG company and encourages customers to buy GreenPEG™ for continued environmental efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

We are looking for a back-end developer to develop our next-generation top IPTV and Digital Signage solutions. Used by NBA and NFL teams, NASA bases, hospitals, and major broadcasters, our products provide smooth and reliable media experiences in high-demand environments. As part of our team of developers, you will work in Linux and Microsoft-based environments with Java and C#, building and improving a scalable and high-performance backend. Your work will directly impact a platform that delivers fast, reliable, and innovative solutions to top organizations worldwide.

About the Role

What You’ll Do:

• Develop and improve our next-generation product’s backend systems for better performance and reliability.
• Debug, test, and optimize backend performance.
• Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and Product teams to ensure smooth operations.
• Write clean, maintainable code using SOLID principles and OOP best practices.
• Keep up with new backend technologies and industry trends.

Responsibilities

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Java backend development. Strong experience with Java (JDK 8 or higher) and frameworks like wildly, quartz, or Jakarta EE.
• 4+ years of experience working in Linux-based environments (Rocky9, Red Hat, etc.), including server management, shell scripting (Bash, AWK, etc.), and containerization (Podman, Docker, etc.).
• Database Knowledge: Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB), including schema design and performance optimization.
• Web Services & APIs: Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and web service integration.
• Version Control: Experience with Git (GitLab) branching strategies.
• Nginx: Experience with Nginx for serving static content, configuring reverse proxies, load balancing, and improving system performance.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Knowledge of continuous integration/deployment best practices and familiarity with tools like GitLab CI.
• Basic Security Principles: Experience implementing secure coding practices and ensuring the protection of sensitive data. Knowledge of SOLID principles and OOP best practices. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

Required Skills

• C# & IIS: Familiarity with systems built in C# and hosted on IIS, including troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• DevOps Practices: Familiarity with Azure DevOps Pipelines, Builds & Releases.
• Agile Methodologies: Experience working in Agile environments with Scrum, Kanban, or similar frameworks.
• Jira: Strong knowledge of Jira for tracking tasks, managing agile workflows (Scrum/Kanban), and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Experience with Redis, and RabbitMQ. Understanding of digital video technologies and streaming protocols.

Equal Opportunity Statement

VITEC is an equal-opportunity employer, and the only thing that matters to us is your ability to do this role.