Remote Senior Web & Video Player Engineer

Kake; Singapore; On-site; SGD 154,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive USD pay

Fully remote

Growth fund

Social impact culture

Job summary

Kake is a remote-first company and a people-first global community of senior engineers delivering video playback across platforms. You will design and own video player features for web and Connected TV, using Bitmovin, JW Player, HLS.js, and Shaka, while optimizing live playback and QoE.

Join a fast-paced, globally distributed team, contribute to React Native implementations for multi-device environments, and write tests and APIs to ensure reliable playback integration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and maintaining video players and live playback components for web and Connected TV platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with streaming frameworks such as Bitmovin, JW Player, HLS.js, or Shaka, including live streaming troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to debug and optimize playback performance (rebuffering, startup time, stability).
• Familiarity with live playback concepts (latency, live edge, drift), ABR, and DRM integration.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication; ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement video player features across web and Connected TV platforms.
• Build and optimize video player components using Bitmovin, JW Player, HLS.js, or Shaka.
• Troubleshoot playback issues including rebuffering and latency, and improve QoE metrics.

Skills

Video player development

Live streaming

React Native

Tools

Bitmovin

JW Player

HLS.js

Shaka

Node.js

Job description

Kake is a remote-first company and a people-first global community of senior engineers delivering video playback across platforms. You will design and own video player features for web and Connected TV, using Bitmovin, JW Player, HLS.js, and Shaka, while optimizing live playback and QoE.

Join a fast-paced, globally distributed team, contribute to React Native implementations for multi-device environments, and write tests and APIs to ensure reliable playback integration.