Senior Software Engineer- IOS Developer

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

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Senior Software Engineer Apple PSDK, Video Player team, Bangalore

Meet Our Team:

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons. and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers, across the globe, we offer career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.

Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Build product features in close collaboration with TPM, SDM and product stakeholders.
• Advocate best practices for Player Architecture, Design & Development.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders in architecting, designing and developing the Player SDK.
• Own all aspects of the product development from concept, and drive it through development, testing, acceptance, adoption and iterative changes
• Sheer focus on Operational excellence and metrics driven.
• Focus on Engineering excellence, keep tab on Architecture / Design trends, Always look out for improvement scopes, keep tab on Protocol spec & suggest new features.
• Be Self Critical about your work and obsessed about continuous improvement.
• Customer Obsession - Anyone who uses Player SDK is your customer, always respond positively to your internal customers (Testers, Client App Developers, Product Managers, etc) & be receptive to feedback, be obsessed to improve playback experience for end users.

What to Bring:

• 5-9 years’ experience in Broadcasting Video / OTT domain and architecting native applications for Apple ecosystem
• Sound understanding of Swift programing language (concurrency, combine framework etc) UIKit knowledge and Swift UI is good to have.
• Good at unit testing(XCTest), integration testing and strong Debugging skills using profiling tools like Instruments.

• Sound understanding of Apple/TV Architecture, Media Framework, Media Player APIs, AV Foundation API, Apple SDK
• Data driven technical decision-making skills for architecture and design of new product features.
• Eye to details and identify optimization scope for performance improvements.
• Experience in DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring & incident management is a plus.
• Mentoring, Coaching skills to build the succession for architecture and design.
• Familiar with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON) and REST concepts
• Strong computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Good verbal & written communication skills

What We Offer:

• A Great Place to work
• Equal opportunity employer
• Fast track growth opportunities TA to add the JD

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Some Important Details

We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

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