Backlight is looking for a self-driven and motivated Senior Mobile Engineer who can own and lead the development of our OTT platform to the next level with a focus on user experience, scalability, and performance. This role requires expert-level coding skills and a solid grasp of software architecture, especially in mobile operating systems, for both iOS and Android.
The engineer will collaborate closely with engineering management, fellow engineers, QA engineers, and product managers, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions are delivered on time. They will take charge of significant feature developments and ensure technical excellence in project delivery. The Engineer will lead projects, mentor mid—and junior-level engineers, and work closely with the team to adhere to best practices in architecture, coding, and agile methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable mobile and TV applications for the iOS, tvOS, and Android platforms, ensuring they meet high standards for our user experience, scalability, and performance.
- Own, architect, and lead projects and features in our Android Mobile, Android TV, iOS Mobile, and tvOS applications, keeping high performance, high quality, and scalability as top priorities.
- Handle complex tasks like feature enhancements and minor bug resolutions independently.
- Work closely with other engineers, QA engineers, and product managers to translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code to ensure our app is not only powerful but also intuitive and user-friendly.
- Implement the roadmap items and new features within the designated time frame without delays.
- Implement robust testing strategies to ensure the application's quality and performance
- Monitor the performance of live apps and work on optimizing them for speed and efficiency
- Document all code changes and development processes to maintain a clear development history and facilitate future maintenance.
- Mentor mid and junior-level engineers.
- Take charge of significant feature developments and ensure technical excellence in project delivery.
- Participate in code reviews, collaborating closely with fellow engineers to ensure code quality.
- Work closely with QA engineers to ensure quality, performance, and user experience goals are met.
- Adhere to coding and testing best practices, participating in code reviews and QA processes.
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders, including product management, UX/UI teams, and fellow engineers.
- Utilize modern development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Kanban, Scrum) and tools, ensuring efficient project delivery.
- Assist in incident management, troubleshooting, and resolution of critical production issues.
Required Qualifications:
- Expert-level coding skills and a solid grasp of software architecture.
- 7+ years of experience in mobile application development with strong experience in building enterprise applications on both iOS and Android App Stores.
- Knowledge of Apps ecosystem and familiarity with Google Play and Android Stores
- Familiarity with OTT platform development with knowledge of in-app purchases, Stripe framework, Google Analytics, and Firebase.
- In-depth knowledge of Java, Swift, and Kotlin, Swift and experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- Understanding of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) for mobile applications.
- Experience working with and understanding database concepts (SQL and NoSQL) and ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Proficiency with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) and modern infrastructure practices like containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git and GitHub.
- Experience working in agile development environments.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to foster collaboration across teams.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with the ability to handle complex technical challenges.
- Experience in SaaS product development and a strong understanding of business-to-business software solutions.
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What We Do
Backlight is a global media technology company that is dramatically improving every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle—from creation through monetization—with its award-winning, cloud-native SaaS products. Video-forward organizations partner with Backlight to solve their mission-critical business and operational challenges. Backlight’s product lines—iconik, cineSync, ftrack, celtx, Gem, Wildmoka, and Zype—provide secure and efficient media management, narrative design, production tracking, creative collaboration, OTT, monetization and hyper-distribution. Backlight launched in 2021 and is backed by $200M in funding from growth-equity partner PSG.
For more information visit backlight.co.
