Senior Android Video Player Engineer - Remote

Kake; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive USD pay

Fully remote

Better Me Fund

Compassion is Badass

Job summary

Kake is seeking an experienced Senior Android Engineer to join our team, focusing on live streaming playback quality, low latency, and robust player framework across platforms.

You will design, develop, and optimize our Android video player, troubleshoot issues, and tailor ExoPlayer with ABR logic while integrating ad tech and QoE analytics. This remote-first role requires 6-7 hours overlap with U.S. time zones and offers competitive USD pay.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience with ExoPlayer, including customization and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of streaming protocols (DASH, HLS) and adaptive bitrate workflows.
• Experience troubleshooting live player performance and rebuffering issues.
• Familiarity with ad integrations (IMA, SSAI, DAI) and QoE analytics tools.
• Proficiency with Kotlin and Java; Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, and Flows are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize the Android video player framework and SDK.
• Troubleshoot and resolve streaming issues such as buffering and latency.
• Customize and extend ExoPlayer components and ABR logic.
• Integrate and maintain ad technologies (IMA, DAI, SSAI).
• Work with dynamic manifests (MPD/M3U8) and ABR logic.
• Implement and maintain QoE analytics integrations (Conviva, Mux, Hydrolix).

Skills

Kotlin

Java

ExoPlayer

DASH

HLS

ABR logic

QoE monitoring

Conviva

Mux

Hydrolix

Ad integrations

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin Coroutines

Flows

Tools

ExoPlayer customization

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin Coroutines

Flows

Job description

Kake is seeking an experienced Senior Android Engineer to join our team, focusing on live streaming playback quality, low latency, and robust player framework across platforms.

You will design, develop, and optimize our Android video player, troubleshoot issues, and tailor ExoPlayer with ABR logic while integrating ad tech and QoE analytics. This remote-first role requires 6-7 hours overlap with U.S. time zones and offers competitive USD pay.