Sr OTT App Developer

Lead engineer for OTT/Connected Devices applications (AppleTV, FireTV, Roku, Xbox)


Location: Remote


Responsibilities


* Experience building apps on living room streaming-media devices like the Roku, Fire TV, Xbox, PlayStation etc.

* Experience with Roku BrightScript a plus

* Work closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineering leadership to create best-of-class, delightful TV-watching experiences.

* Collaborate with other developers to deliver a modern OTT client to Roku, Xbox, Fire TV, PlayStation, and other streaming-media devices.

* Strong programming language and scripting skills.

* A solid understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, etc.).

* Work samples demonstrating experience in building great user interfaces

* Independence and an eagerness to learn new technologies.

* Experience in building SVOD products a big plus - streaming technology, video players, video encoding and integrating platforms such as Brightcove, Kaltura, AWS Elastic Transcoding, Mux, Fastly, Panthera, etc.

* Experience in building SaaS and digital subscription payment solutions such as Stripe and Recurly

* Working knowledge of third party analytics libraries like Google Analytics, MixPanel, Conviva and Mux

* Experience with CI/CD and Cloud DevOps tools such as Travis, CircleCI and GitLab, CodeDeploy, Serverless, Terraform and VS App Center

* Experience working in an Agile delivery environment (Scrum) is a must

* Design and implement new features with our Product Team

* Participate in the deployment of various cloud-based technologies needed to implement projects

* Mentor junior developers

* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.





Qualifications

BA/BS in Computer Science or Art Design or equivalent professional experience.

8+ years overall experience in software engineering

5+ years’ experience in JavaScript, BrightScript or OTT device native language

5+ years’ experience developing high traffic consumer-facing applications/platforms.

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