Application Development Lead

Job Description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The purpose of the Applications Development Lead is to monitor, analyse, design and develop HBO Go's software applications in Asia Pacific.
• Work with vendor development teams to monitor, analyse, design, and develop Mobile, Web & Smart TV Applications that deliver on our product strategy and adhere to established engineering best practices, design guidelines and principles.
• Analyse application performance issues and provide technical support to vendor teams.
• Continually improve and enforce code and design standards for the engineering department.
• Apply your technical acumen daily. You don't code full time but you love reading code, design docs and collaborating on software architectures.
• Develop performance specifications for apps that are best in class and market competitive, and ensure that the development of the apps deliver on these performance specifications.
• Work with cross functional teams to ensure alignment to overall business and technology strategies and architectures.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in hands on development work in one or more of the following: Java, Swift, C++, Reactjs, NodeJs, Typescript.
• Bonus to have working knowledge of:
• Streaming technologies HLS, MPEG DASH, DRM tech, and CDN operations.
• Experience with media player technologies (e.g. ExoPlayer, AVFoundation, HTML5 video)
• Success in designing and building highly advanced applications and systems at scale, with a proven track record of building iOS/Android/Web/Smart TV applications for the media and broadcasting industry, or a related field.
• Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including security, networking, algorithms, data structures, and operating systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A passion for learning, sharing knowledge, mentoring, and working in a team setting with engineers of varying levels of experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2x0xy-3-145-59-187-42 in your application.