Tennis Channel is building the future of digital sports streaming. We are rebuilding our entire Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) platform—from mobile to connected TVs—to deliver world-class live and on-demand tennis experiences to millions of fans. This is a rare opportunity to join a small, senior engineering team building a greenfield sports product from the ground up, where every line of code directly shapes the fan experience.
As a Software Development Engineer (iOS & Living Room), you’ll help design, build, and scale next-generation hybrid iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS applications using a combination of React Native and Swift. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers working on backend systems, CMS, and video streaming to deliver seamless content discovery, playback, and personalization. You’ll own impactful features used by millions of tennis fans and have the autonomy to make technical and product decisions that directly influence our platform’s performance and quality.
You’ll also work closely with an experienced, hands-on leadership team (ex-Amazon, ex-Prime Video) as part of a small, high-ownership environment where collaboration, creativity, and execution go hand in hand. Together, you’ll build the foundation of Tennis Channel’s mobile and Living Room experience—defining the future of how fans engage with the sport they love.
This role is onsite and is located in Seattle, WA.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain hybrid iOS and tvOS applications using React Native and Swift.
- Implement native integrations for performance-critical features like video playback, analytics, and push notifications.
- Collaborate with backend engineers to deliver live and on-demand streaming experiences.
- Work with design and product to ensure consistent user experience across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.
- Integrate advanced playback features (DRM, adaptive bitrate streaming, live DVR, ad markers).
- Ensure high app performance, stability, and quality through automated testing and monitoring.
- Contribute to architecture, component design, and developer tooling that support hybrid app scalability.
- Stay current with Apple and React Native ecosystem improvements.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping iOS or tvOS applications
- Strong proficiency in React Native and Swift
- Deep understanding of UIKit, SwiftUI, AVFoundation, Combine, and concurrency
- Familiarity with video streaming (HLS, MPEG-DASH, DRM, offline playback)
- Experience consuming REST or GraphQL APIs
- Experience building for tvOS or other Living Room platforms
- Strong debugging and performance optimization skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating React Native with native iOS modules
- Familiarity with DRM systems, SSAI, and analytics SDKs
- Experience with AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFront, S3) or similar
- Exposure to React Native libraries: Reanimated, React Navigation, Redux, Hermes
- Background in sports, entertainment, or media streaming apps
Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
About PickleballTV
Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America’s fastest growing sport. With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game’s top professionals and biggest stars. PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more.
About Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle. The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community. Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.
About Sinclair
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 178 television stations in 81 markets affiliated with all major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel, the premium destination for tennis enthusiasts; multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair’s AMP Media produces a growing portfolio of digital content and original podcasts. Additional information about Sinclair can be found at www.sbgi.net.
About the Team
The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. How good? Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let’s talk.
The base salary compensation range for this role is $140,000 to $160,000. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to more television stations than anyone and has affiliations with all the major networks. In addition, Sinclair is the leading local news provider in the country, as well as a producer of sports content. Sinclair owns a multicast network, four radio stations and a cable network. Sinclair’s broadcast content is delivered via multiple-platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms. Sinclair, either directly or through its venture subsidiaries, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SBGI. Throughout our history, Sinclair Broadcast Group has been at the forefront of industry-changing events and technological advances. Our vision and first-to-market mentality drives our ‘next generation’ thinking; stimulating conversations, innovating through our expertise, and advocating for the development of technology and evolving business models. As a leading over-the-air broadcast television company, our primary business is to engage consumers on multiple platforms with relevant and compelling news, entertainment and sports content, and to provide advertisers and business efficient means and value to connect with our mass audiences. We recognize the vital role broadcast television plays in branding and local content delivery, and therefore strive to constantly be at the forefront of leading edge technology and structures to advance the industry.
