The Role
Maintain and scale a shared React Native codebase for mobile and TV platforms. Design TV-optimized UIs with D-pad focus management, implement high-performance HLS/DASH video playback, integrate DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady) and ad protocols (VAST, VMAP, SSAI), and manage app/TV store submission and compliance including Fire OS.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
Location: South Africa | Work Type: Remote | Contract Duration: 12 Months | Job ID: J107204
About our client:
Our client is a professional management consultancy and IT services provider, focused on delivering creative and innovative digital solutions. Their client base includes both startups and large corporations, but their mission remains the same: to provide excellent support in the design, development, and implementation of digital products that drive value and transformation.
What you will be doing:
- Own, maintain, and scale a single, shared React Native codebase targeting mobile (iOS, Android) and TV ecosystems (tvOS, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV).
- Design and implement robust user interfaces and navigation structures explicitly optimized for 10-foot TV experiences, including strict focus management and D-pad (remote control) navigation.
- Implement, optimize, and maintain high-performance video playback engines using HLS and DASH streaming protocols.
- Secure premium content workflows by configuring and troubleshooting Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems, including Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady.
- Integrate and maintain video ad insertion protocols, specifically handling VAST, VMAP, and Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) to ensure seamless ad delivery on big screens.
- Manage the end-to-end submission, compliance, and release lifecycle for both mobile marketplaces (App Store, Google Play) and TV stores, with specific focus on Amazon Fire OS submission requirements.
- Maintain high-quality JavaScript/TypeScript code, ensuring performance optimization specifically tailored to the hardware constraints of TV streaming sticks and older smart TV hardware.
What our client is looking for:
- Between 2 - 4 years of experience with React Native, including proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Experience deploying React Native applications across tvOS, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV platforms, with a specific understanding of Fire OS submission procedures.
- Showcase a minimum of one successful application launch on the App Store or Google Play, covering either mobile or TV devices.
- Maintain a comprehensive technical understanding of video streaming technologies such as HLS and DASH, alongside DRM systems including Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady.
- Apply practical expertise in digital advertising integration, specifically involving VAST, VMAP, and SSAI protocols.
For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer, do visit our website - https://www.parvana.co.uk/careers
Requirements
React Native, JavaScript, TypeScript, iOS, Android, tvOS, Fire TV, HLS, DASH, DRM, Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, VAST, VMAP, SSAI, Mobile Development, Streaming Protocols, Digital Advertising
Skills Required
- 2-4 years experience with React Native
- Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Experience deploying React Native applications on tvOS, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS)
- At least one successful application launch on the App Store or Google Play
- Technical understanding of HLS and DASH streaming protocols
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting DRM systems: Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady
- Practical expertise integrating digital advertising: VAST, VMAP, and SSAI
- Ability to design and implement 10-foot TV user interfaces with strict focus management and D-pad navigation
- Performance optimization for constrained TV streaming hardware and managing mobile/TV store submission and compliance
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The Company
What We Do
Parvana is an IT recruitment agency specializing in connecting top tech talent with leading companies in South Africa and the UK, focusing on software development, finance, and telecommunications.
