Senior Mobile Engineer / Architect

Who are we?

Applicaster is one of the world’s leading cloud platforms for integrating services and enabling app developers in the media space, offering fast time-to-market and a rich array of features on a variety of platforms. Using Applicaster’s SaaS cloud platform, broadcasters and content owners can develop and launch apps, OTT services or integrate selected modules and functionalities such as engagement and interactivity into third-party apps.

Applicaster-powered apps are used by millions of viewers worldwide every day. Applicaster proudly counts among its customers ProSiebenSat.1, Television Academy, Viacom, Baby First and many more.

Position Description

Applicaster’s Platform team is in charge of the core platform of our product. we develop

APIs and SDKS in javascript, iOS and Android which allows our implementation teams and external developers to build rich mobile and TV applications. The team is responsible for the core UI framework which provides the building blocks for our mobile and OTT apps.

What will you do

● You will develop rich mobile and TV applications using our unique React Native framework.

● You will architect, design and develop core APIs to be used by internal and external teams.

● Participate and lead research and design of various framework and end-user components.

● You will use your familiarity with recent technologies and practices to develop client-side infrastructural systems and integrate them into existing ones.

● You will be responsible for the end-to-end development of your work, from research and design to automated testing and quality control.

Requirements

● 7+ years of experience in developing mobile applications (iOS, Android, web-based)

● 4+ years of experience in React Native

● Experience working with typescript

● Deep understanding of JavaScript and strong capabilities of performance optimizations and debugging.

● Experience in: Open source environment, JSON for client-server communication, high version control skills, with emphasis on git

● Meaningful experience working on large, complex systems.

● Ability to take extreme ownership over your work. Every day is a challenge to ensure you are performing to the expectations you and your team have agreed upon, in regards to estimates and to the general process.

● An understanding of React Native best practices and a commitment to following them.

● Ability to work through new and difficult React Native issues and contribute to libraries as needed.

● Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of React Native applications.

● Self-management in an agile environment

● Good communication in English

● Advantages: Experience developing TV apps (Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung Tizen). Experience working with Swift, Kotlin, digital video (compression, packaging, distribution), and automated testing.