Senior iOS Media Playback Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Glendale (AZ)

On-site

USD 142,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to design a feature-rich streaming playback library for Apple devices. You will work in Objective-C/Swift on a layered architecture and collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, and content creators to deliver world-class playback across Disney brands.

This hands-on role focuses on Apple technologies (UIKit, SwiftUI, AVKit, StoreKit), encoding/packaging, and end-to-end tests, with opportunities to influence the

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in iOS development with Swift.
  • Strong UI with UIKit or SwiftUI (5+ years).
  • 3+ years applying agile processes.
  • Experience across full software lifecycle.
  • Understanding MVC or MVVM patterns.
  • Knowledge of OOP and reactive programming.
  • Experience with unit tests and CI systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement features with Disney media services.
  • Collaborate on API design with front-end teams.
  • Research and develop media playback experiences.
  • Participate in project estimation and planning.
  • Work in a small team and with wider engineering org.
  • Troubleshoot issues across platforms.
  • Specialize in Apple technologies (UIKit, SwiftUI, AVKit, StoreKit).

Skills

iOS development
Swift
UIKit
SwiftUI
Agile methodologies
Software lifecycle
OOP
Reactive programming
Unit testing
CI/CD

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

AVFoundation
HLS
MPEG-DASH
Transport Stream
CMAF
StoreKit

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to design a feature-rich streaming playback library for Apple devices. You will work in Objective-C/Swift on a layered architecture and collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, and content creators to deliver world-class playback across Disney brands.

This hands-on role focuses on Apple technologies (UIKit, SwiftUI, AVKit, StoreKit), encoding/packaging, and end-to-end tests, with opportunities to influence the

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