Senior Android Software Engineer

Our client has an opportunity for a Senior Android Software Engineer to join a Video Player team responsible for developing and maintaining Android video playback technologies, including ownership of a Video Player SDK. This engineer will improve streaming performance, playback reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability across consumer-facing digital products., + Design, develop, and maintain an Android Video Player SDK.

• Build scalable architecture for video playback solutions.

• Implement and optimize streaming, buffering, DRM, offline playback, and performance-related features.

• Partner with Engineering, QA, and Operations teams to diagnose and resolve playback issues.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance., + 3+ years of professional Android development experience.

• Strong Kotlin and/or Java expertise.

• Experience building production-grade Android applications and SDKs.

• Hands-on experience with Media3 and/or ExoPlayer.

• Experience with DASH and/or HLS streaming and Widevine DRM.

• Understanding of video playback architecture, adaptive bitrate streaming, buffering and performance optimization, device-specific playback behavior, and streaming protocols.

• Experience developing reusable SDKs or platform components and contributing to Android architecture and technical design.

• Experience with scalable streaming or media platform solutions.

• Ability to participate in architectural discussions, provide technical input, and demonstrate strong ownership.

• Background in OTT, streaming, media, sports, entertainment, or video-centric platforms is preferred.

• Experience troubleshooting playback issues across the video delivery pipeline and familiarity with playback analytics and QoE metrics.

• Nice to have: Roku development, iOS or cross-platform media experience, video advertising integrations (IMA SDK, VAST, VMAP), playback analytics and instrumentation, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and additional streaming platform experience.

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