Senior Video Player Engineer, Roku - Noida, India - Fox Corporation

Description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox CorporationUnder the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world's leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox Digital Video Platform team seeks a Sr Video Player Engineer, Roku to design and implement core video player features for consumer facing applications across all of Fox's networks . FOX is responsible for delivering the largest LIVE events on TV - including the 2023 Super Bowl, MLB World Series, FIFA World Cup, Election Coverage, WWE Smackdown, NFL Divisional Championships, Primetime Emmy Awards and countless more. This role is essential to providing our digital audience a great experience every time they press play and will be key to developing industry leading playback performance. As a video player engineer, you will be working in an extremely fast paced environment where you'll be expected to take ownership of building video playback solutions and provide deep technical expertise across the entire software delivery process.

Core responsibility

Work closely with Engineering/Product/Project Management and Backend Technology Services teams to build video player features that contribute to FOX video streaming initiatives.

Required Activities

Conduct the design, architecture and implementation of player features on Roku

Work on performance, scalability, security, architecture and engineering best practices

Provide technical specifications and documentation

Collaborate with team members to deliver software using agile methodologies

Willingness to stay up-to-date with the latest in emerging technologies/trends on Roku

Required Skills

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Excellent programming skills in BrightScript

Deep understanding of SceneGraph framework and task/render thread optimization

Demonstrable knowledge of building responsive user experiences

Experience with RESTful APIs, unit testing and end-end testing

Git, SVN, Jenkins, Docker, Agile methodologies

Excellent documentation skills, UML diagrams a plus.

Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with an ability to work in a highly collaborative environment

Desired Skills

Experience with video streaming technologies (HLS)

Experience with video QoE metrics, ABR algorithms, Roku Media Player

Experience with analytics platforms (Conviva, Segment)

Accomplish engineering and organization missions by completing related results as needed.

Support and develop software engineers by providing coaching and educational opportunities.

Participate in Tier 3 on-call rotation support for the services you and your team develop and operate.

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