Software Development Engineer

Fox Sports; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox Corporation is seeking a highly skilled SDE (L2) / Senior Engineer (tvOS) to join our Digital Product Engineering tvOS team. You will develop native Apple TV applications using Swift and the tvOS SDK, delivering high-performance streaming experiences to millions of users.

You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and QA to design features, optimize startup time and playback performance, review code, mentor juniors, and contribute to architectural decisions that

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3–7 years of native iOS/tvOS development experience.
• Strong Swift proficiency and Apple frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain native tvOS applications with Swift.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and QA to define features.
• Ensure performance, quality, and reliability of tvOS apps.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and best practices.

Skills

Swift

tvOS

Object-Oriented Programming

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Git

Xcode Instruments

Debugging

Architecture

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

tvOS SDK

UIKit

SwiftUI

Apple development ecosystem

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox Corporation: Fox Corporation is home to industry-leading brands including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations, and Tubi Media Group. We combine innovative technology, deep data insights, and world-class content to shape the future of digital entertainment. Our DTC platforms are built to deliver highly personalized, scalable user experiences to millions of global users.

ABOUT THE ROLE

FOX Corporation is looking for a highly skilled and experienced SDE (L2) / Senior Engineer (tvOS) for its Digital Product Engineering tvOS team. The candidate should have a strong working knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming principles and native Apple TV application development using Swift and the tvOS SDK. Our tvOS team is responsible for developing and maintaining high-performance streaming applications that bring FOXs premium content to millions of users on Apple TV devices worldwide. We leverage modern Apple technologies and engineering best practices to deliver intuitive, reliable, and engaging viewing experiences. With a strong emphasis on application performance, scalability, code quality, and user experience, the team is committed to building products that meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. As an SDE (L2) / Senior Engineer (tvOS), you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining native Apple TV applications. You will contribute to technical initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and user-centric streaming experiences.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain advanced native applications for the tvOS platform using Swift.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, Backend Engineers, and QA teams to define, design, and deliver new platform features.
• Build high-quality, scalable, and maintainable applications that provide exceptional streaming experiences.
• Ensure the performance, quality, responsiveness, and reliability of tvOS applications.
• Integrate applications with RESTful APIs, authentication services, analytics platforms, and backend systems.
• Optimize application startup time, navigation, memory usage, and video playback performance.
• Identify application bottlenecks, troubleshoot production issues, and implement effective solutions.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested, and documented code following engineering best practices.
• Continuously evaluate and implement modern Apple technologies to improve development efficiency and application quality.
• Mentor junior engineers and actively contribute to knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
• Support production releases and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve customer-impacting issues.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 7 years of professional experience in native iOS/tvOS application development.
• Strong proficiency in Swift, and Apple frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with tvOS SDK, UIKit, SwiftUI, and Apples development ecosystem, including the tvOS focus engine
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, design patterns, and application architecture.
• Experience working with Git, code review practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Xcode Instrumentation tools for profiling CPU, memory, and rendering performance etc..
• Solid grasp of Protocol-Oriented Programming and swift protocols/extensions.
• Strong understanding of application performance tuning, memory optimization, and debugging techniques.

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