Android Developer
Our client is growing the Android team to build and scale the apps people actually sit down and watch: phone, tablet, Android TV/Google TV and Fire TV.This is a hands-on role. You’ll own features from start to finish, have a say in architecture, and work right at the point where great UX meets solid video playback.
What you’ll be doing:
Building and maintaining Android mobile and TV apps in Kotlin, with Jetpack Compose (including Compose for TV) Working deep in the playback stack: Media3/ExoPlayer, HLS and DASH streaming, and Widevine DRMIntegrating ads (client-side via the IMA SDK and/or SSAI), Google Cast, and analytics/QoE tools like Conviva or MuxImproving startup time, rebuffering and app performance on low-spec TV hardware as well as flagship phones Working with product, design, backend and QA, and with the iOS, Roku and web teams to keep the experience consistent across platforms Doing code reviews, mentoring engineers, and helping shape the team’s technical direction What you’ll bring[5+] years of professional Android development, with apps shipped on Google PlayStrong Kotlin skills, plus coroutines/Flow, modern architecture (MVVM/MVI) and dependency injection (Hilt/Dagger) Hands-on experience with ExoPlayer/Media3 and adaptive streaming Solid grasp of testing, CI/CD and release management at scale
Nice to have:
- Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV development, including D-pad/focus navigation and 10-foot UIDRM, ad insertion or live/linear streaming experience (sports and live events especially)
- Experience at a streaming service, broadcaster, or OTT platform/vendor
- Kotlin Multiplatform exposure