Principal Software Engineer

Most streaming apps look good in demos.

Very few actually deliver reliable playback when millions of users hit play at the same time.

• Leading streaming / connected TV platform
• Real ownership across playback architecture and performance
• Solving complex video delivery challenges at production scale

You’ll be joining a high-scale streaming environment building next-generation playback experiences across OTT, Smart TV, and connected devices used by millions of viewers globally.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Building and optimising video playback experiences across OTT / CTV platforms
• Working deeply with Shaka Player, hls.js, dash.js and modern playback tooling
• Improving playback reliability, startup time, buffering, and QoE metrics
• Integrating DRM technologies including Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay
• Supporting HLS / MPEG-DASH streaming workflows
• Debugging complex playback issues across browsers and Smart TV devices
• Collaborating closely with platform, player, and streaming teams
• Shipping production-grade playback systems used by real viewers daily

Tech Stack

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Shaka Player
• hls.js / dash.js
• HLS / MPEG-DASH
• DRM (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay)
• OTT / Connected TV platforms

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience building video playback or streaming applications
• Hands-on experience with Shaka Player or similar playback frameworks
• Good understanding of OTT streaming technologies and DRM
• Experience debugging playback issues in production environments
• Comfortable working in fast-moving product teams

Ideal Profiles

• Playback Engineers
• Streaming Video Engineers
• OTT / CTV Frontend Developers
• Engineers from high-scale media or streaming platforms

No CV needed to start the conversation.

If you’ve worked deeply with playback technologies and want to build streaming products at scale, let’s talk.