Sr. Software Engineer, Android (Android Video Player SDK)

TL;DR

Sr. Software Engineer, Android (Android Video Player SDK): Design, build, and maintain Android video playback technologies, including ownership of the Video Player SDK, with an accent on scalable cross-platform playback architecture and reliable streaming performance. Focus on implementing and optimizing streaming, buffering, DRM, offline playback, and diagnosing playback issues across the video pipeline.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment business with trusted brands and digital products, including Fandango.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain an Android Video Player SDK using Kotlin, Java, and Android media frameworks.
• Lead and contribute to scalable architecture for cross-platform video playback solutions.
• Implement and optimize streaming, buffering, DRM, offline playback, and performance-related video features.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and operations to reproduce, diagnose, and resolve playback issues across the video pipeline.
• Write clean, performant, maintainable code and strengthen engineering practices through code reviews and documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship while staying current with Android and streaming media best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional Android development experience with strong proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java.
• Experience with Media3 and/or ExoPlayer, including DASH and/or HLS streaming and Widevine DRM.
• Strong understanding of video playback concepts, streaming protocols, buffering, bitrate adaptation, device-specific behavior, and performance optimization.
• Experience building reliable, reusable platform components or SDKs.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, QA, operations, and platform teams to solve complex playback challenges.

Nice to have

• Experience with analytics, QoE metrics, video instrumentation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with automated testing for media applications.
• Experience with web, Roku, iOS, other streaming platforms, and video ad integrations such as IMA SDK, VAST, or VMAP.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote role with periodic in-person collaboration opportunities (~10%) based on business needs.
• Collaborative, product-focused engineering environment with meaningful impact on streaming experiences.
• Emphasis on reliable delivery, transparency through documentation, and continuous adaptation to evolving platform and streaming technologies.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global location prior to a hiring decision.