Lead Software Engineer - Swift

Walt Disney Co.•Glendale, CA

41d•$155,700 - $208,700

About The Position

The Apple Application Player Engineering team is seeking someone who can fill the role of Lead Software Engineer to create a feature rich standard streaming media playback library on Apple devices. Our intention is to design and develop a layered architecture for media playback which can span all the Disney direct-to-consumer brands like Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu. Your focus will be on collaborating with media playback teams on other platforms to ensure a consistent software architecture which delivers a best-in-class streaming experience for your viewers while providing a foundation for media playback innovation at Disney. This is a hands-on engineering position for the Apple Ecosystem in Objective-C/SWIFT. Based on your experience, you will work with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, Web Developers, and Content Creators to conceptualize and develop solutions that are shared across all Disney experiences. You are a person who enjoys working with other teams and technologies to understand their constraints. You enjoy the challenges presented by difficult problems and take pride in finding solutions which successfully thread the needle between design constraints, technical constraints, and the end experience of your users. You foster trust, approach problems with empathy and respect, and embrace creativity.

Requirements

Minimum of 7 years of relevant software engineering experience
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience
Able to demonstrate experience in the full lifecycle of software development. Early stage, maintenance, and end of life.
Experience in Swift or SwiftUI
Knowledgeable with programming paradigms including Object Oriented and Reactive.
Understanding of iOS/TVOS app development lifecycle.
Experience in Object Oriented Programming.
Write efficient, reliable, and maintainable code whether implementing improvements, user-facing features, or fixing defects - through collaboration with senior team members.
Experience with unit test frameworks and continuous integration systems
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AVFoundation and its ecosystem
Experience with streaming technologies including HLS, MPEG-DASH, Transport Stream, and CMAF
Experience developing applications in all Apple platforms including iPhone, iPad, and TVOS.

Responsibilities

Design and implement solutions in collaboration with team members for new features which integrate with various Disney media services and back-ends.
Collaborative API design with peer teams on the back-end as well as front-end teams which depend on our libraries.
Research and development for media playback experiences, integration, and testing.
Participate in project estimation and resource planning.
Ability to collaborate in a small, productive development team as well as the larger engineering organization.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across our various platforms.
Ability to collaborate within a small, productive development team as well as work independently.

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