Staff Software Engineer - iOS
Quick Summary
Build product features in close collaboration with TPM, SDM and product stakeholders. Advocate best practices for Player Architecture, Design & Development.
When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
Responsibilities
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Build product features in close collaboration with TPM, SDM and product stakeholders.
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Advocate best practices for Player Architecture, Design & Development.
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Work with internal and external stakeholders in architecting, designing and developing the Player SDK.
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Own all aspects of the product development from concept, and drive it through development, testing, acceptance, adoption and iterative changes
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Sheer focus on Operational excellence and metrics driven.
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Focus on Engineering excellence, keep tab on Architecture / Design trends, Always look out for improvement scopes, keep tab on Protocol spec & suggest new features.
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Be Self Critical about your work and obsessed about continuous improvement.
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Customer Obsession - Anyone who uses Player SDK is your customer, always respond positively to your internal customers (Testers, Client App Developers, Product Managers, etc) & be receptive to feedback, be obsessed to improve playback experience for end users
What to Bring:
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9-12 years’ experience in Broadcasting Video / OTT domain and architecting native applications for Apple ecosystem
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Sound understanding of Apple/TV Architecture, Media Framework, Media Player APIs, AV Foundation API, Apple SDK, Swift, Debugger
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Data driven technical decision-making skills for architecture and design of new product features.
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Eye to details and identify optimization scope for performance improvements.
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Experience in DevOps/SRE practices such as CI/CD, performance monitoring & incident management
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Mentoring, Coaching skills to build the succession for architecture and design.
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Good understanding of the basic components of Android: Activity, Services, Intent, Broadcast Receiver, Content Provider, UI components & controls.
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Familiar with Web Service Integration (REST, JSON) and REST concepts
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Strong computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
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Good verbal & written communication skills
What We Offer
~1 min readThis last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
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Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- First seen
- October 12, 2026
- Last seen
- October 12, 2026
Posting Health
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- Trust Level
- 51%
- Scored at
- October 12, 2026
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