Senior Video Player Engineer Job in Bengaluru at Fox Corporation

Fox Corporation is hiring for the role of Senior Video Player Engineer!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Work closely with Engineering/Product/Project Management and Backend Technology Services teams to build video player features that contribute to FOX video streaming initiatives.
• Lead the design, architecture and implementation of player features on iOS/tvOS
• Lead efforts in performance, scalability, security, architecture and engineering best practices
• Track and prioritize numerous tasks for various team members
• Provide technical specifications and documentation
• Collaborate with team members to deliver software using agile methodologies
• Willingness to stay up-to-date with the latest in emerging technologies/trends on mobile platforms

Requirements:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellent programming skills in Swift Objective C
• Experience with Cocoa design patterns, XCode tools
• Experience building components to support video playback, user interfaces, video metadata, and third-party integrations
• Experience leading a mobile application team at a tech company
• Demonstrable knowledge of building responsive user experiences across phones and tablets
• Experience with RESTful APIs, unit testing and end-to-end testing
• Git, SVN, Jenkins, Docker, Agile methodologies
• Excellent documentation skills, UML diagrams a plus.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with an ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with video streaming technologies (HLS)
• Experience with video QoE metrics, ABR algorithms, video player frameworks (AVPlayer, AV Foundation)
• Experience with analytics platforms (Conviva, Segment)
• Accomplish engineering and organization missions by completing related results as needed.
• Support and develop software engineers by providing coaching and educational opportunities.
• Participate in Tier 3 on-call rotation support for the services you and your team develop and operate.