Senior Staff Video Player Engineer, Android

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

FOX Entertainment

With a legacy spanning more than 35 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party streaming platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company was reinvented in 2019 with the formation of FOX Entertainment. While maintaining its leadership in broadcast television (9-1-1: Lone Star, The Simpsons, The Cleaning Lady, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters), the company is actively building a portfolio of businesses and library of owned original content. To date, FOX Entertainment’s long-term growth strategy has included the acquisitions of award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, Krapopolis, Grimsburg), entertainment platform TMZ, and global production studio MarVista Entertainment (The Way Home, Rescuing Christmas), as well as the formation of the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global (Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars) in partnership with Gordon Ramsay. The company also established its in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment (The Masked Singer, Snake Oil, I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune), FOX Entertainment Studios (Animal Control) to develop scripted content, and worldwide content sales unit FOX Entertainment Global.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox Digital Video Platform Group seeks a Senior Staff Video Player Engineer, Android to design and implement core video player features for consumer facing applications across all of Fox’s networks . FOX is responsible for delivering the largest LIVE events on TV - including the Super Bowl, MLB World Series, FIFA World Cup, Election Coverage, WWE Smackdown, NFL Divisional Championships, Primetime Emmy Awards and countless more. This role is essential to providing our digital audience a great experience every time they press play and will be key to developing industry leading playback performance. As a senior video player engineer, you will be working in an extremely fast paced environment where you’ll be expected to take ownership of building video playback solutions and provide deep technical expertise across the entire software delivery process.

Core responsibility

Work closely with Engineering/Product/Project Management and Backend Technology Services teams to build video player features that contribute to FOX video streaming initiatives.

Required Activities

• Lead the design, architecture and implementation of player features on Android devices (FireTV, Android TV, Android Mobile devices)

• 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

Required Skills

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• Excellent programming skills in Java, Kotlin development experience

• Experience with tools from Android Jetpack Suite

• 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-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 (ExoPlayer)

• Experience with analytics platforms (Conviva, Mux)

• Mentor and guide other engineers on the team

• 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

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.