The Daily
• Design, develop, and maintain components of the Apple Player SDK for iOS, tvOS, and other Apple platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineering teams, to enhance the video playback experience.
• Contribute to the optimization of streaming performance, ensuring low latency, high quality, and smooth playback.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues related to media streaming, buffering, and DRM.
• Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and participation in code reviews.
• Stay up to date with Apple's latest technologies and industry best practices to contribute to the SDK's evolution.
• Work across teams and disciplines to explore and document technical solutions, contributing to the evaluation of technical tradeoffs using the latest streaming media technologies and video capabilities.

The Essentials
• 3+ years of software development experience, with a significant focus on iOS and tvOS development.
• Strong proficiency in Swift and UIKit with experience in performance optimization.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Solid problem-solving skills and the ability to debug moderately complex issues in a production environment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing concepts, and Agile development methodologies.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with the architecture, design, and implementation of moderately complex applications, with an understanding of scalability, testability, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with key design and architectural patterns such as MVVM, MVP, and SOLID principles.
• Willingness to participate in periodic on-call support for critical emergent customer-facing issues in production, with guidance.
• Ability to provide guidance and mentorship to more junior engineers on the team.
• Previous experience working with video playback on iOS or tvOS apps.
• Familiarity with video analytics and telemetry concepts.

The Nice to Haves
• Good understanding of AVFoundation, HLS (HTTP Live Streaming), and video streaming protocols.
• Experience with DRM technologies (FairPlay, Widevine, PlayReady) is a plus.
• Experience with user interface development using SwiftUI.