Staff Software Engineer - iOS

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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Staff Software Engineer - IOS, Player Team - Bangalore

Meet Our Team:
We are the Product Engineering group for Direct-2-Consumer business, and responsible for building OTT Player (HLS and DASH) for several Warner Bros Discovery products across 70+ different platforms. We build Player SDK for Android, Apple, Desktop, HWA and STB platforms to provide seamless integration experience to the applications.

The ideal candidate has a track record of having built multiple high-performance, stable, scalable Apple applications, Swift tech stack, HLS / DASH Players and expertise in Software Architecture / Design principles. You choose the right architecture and design patterns for solving the business problems. You own the quality of the Software product. You are customer obsessed and always challenge yourself to provide the best quality playback experience to the users. You are a team player and collaborate with peers and mentor SDEs. You are self-critical about your work and our product and have a continuous improvement mindset. You help your SDM in grooming the backlog and estimations. You are obsessed about Operational Excellence and always strive for engineering excellence. You show good judgment making trade-offs between immediate and long-term business needs

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:

• 9-12 years’ experience in Broadcasting Video / OTT domain and architecting native applications for Apple ecosystem
• Sound understanding of Apple/TV Architecture, Media Framework, Media Player APIs, AV Foundation API, Apple SDK, Swift, Debugger
• 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
• Mentoring, Coaching skills to build the succession for architecture and design.
• Good understanding of the basic components of Android: Activity, Services, Intent, Broadcast Receiver, Content Provider, UI components & controls.
• 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

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

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