Software Engineer iOS

Senior iOS/tvOS Engineer
Client

Our is a fast-growing video technology company focused on delivering personalized and interactive experiences across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms. Their product helps leading media, sports, and entertainment brands launch engaging video solutions quickly and efficiently, combining interactivity, commerce, and data-driven automation. With strong partnerships across the industry and a scalable platform, the company is shaping the future of next-generation video engagement.

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Position overview

We’re seeking a Senior tvOS/IOS Engineer to join our growing team. Our client is expanding its capabilities to more devices and we are looking for someone who has knowledge and experience in thinking through how components can be built that are flexible between TV, phone, tablet, desktop app, and even Vision Pro. We already have a robust set of backend microservices and need someone who can think clearly about building flexible front ends and implementing the right architecture moving forward. This resource should be skilled in Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and tvOS development in general. This engineer will own technical design for projects of moderate complexity and play a key role in leading and developing captivating applications for TV, phones and tablets using Swift.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and maintain high-quality tvOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI
• Manage the tvOS development life-cycle from concept to App Store release and beyond
• Work closely with the product and design teams, ensuring partnership and on-time feature development
• Implement Figma designs to specification
• Build custom components within an SDK
• Troubleshoot, debug, and update existing systems for smooth app operations
• Actively engage in on-call responsibilities and contribute to incident management efforts
• Lead the integration and management of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in commercial tvOS development
• Proficiency in Swift and modern tvOS APIs, as well as experience using Apple development tools (Xcode, Instruments, etc)
• Prior experience working in a multi-developer tvOS development environment, including managing AppStore build creation, submission and deployment. Experience with managing or evangelizing platform-specific CI/build infrastructure & tooling within an
• organization would be highly desirable.
• Prior experience building extensible, data driven tvOS software. Demonstrated proficiency integrating with HTTP & Socket data APIs using one or more of the following: REST, JSON-RPC, gRPC, etc.
• Experience with AVKit or AVFoundation for media playback, including handling video/audio streaming, buffering, and custom playback controls.
• Experience with writing and running unit tests using XCTest and XCUITest for tvOS apps
• Knowledge in optimizing app performance, especially around media streaming, UI rendering, and memory usage, to provide a smooth experience on tvOS devices.
• Knowledge of implementing focus-based navigation and ensuring smooth transitions using focus engine and TV remote interactions
• Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating with teams.
• Understanding of the importance of alerting, monitoring, code coverage, and integration testing.
• Familiarity with the current mobile landscape and keeping up-to-date with the current trends, emerging technology, best practices, and modern development approaches