Senior Android Engineer

Our professional services team, Brightcove Global Services, builds highly scalable and complex solutions on our platform for some of the best known companies in the world and we're expanding. If you have a strong professional services background, a passion for working on high-functioning teams, a keen sense of creativity and a willingness to work with our clients to build awesome experiences, we'd love to talk.

Brightcove’s global services team is not a typical professional services organization, but is Brightcove’s full-service agency for our clients. The team designs and develops custom video-centric web, mobile, and OTT solutions for a variety of customers across the globe. Our mission is to offer designs that enhance the video experience and to utilize the latest technologies to build purposeful products that push boundaries. Our solutions often involve multiple products and services including Brightcove cloud-based services, Content Management System (CMS), Digital Right Management (DRM), Analytics, Advertising, subscription and monetization engines. We have a team of smart individuals who are passionate about solving complex and interesting problems for our clients and who are driven to ensure those clients are successful.

Job Responsibilities

Collaborate with project managers, user experience leads, QA leads and technical leads to analyze user needs and business requirements

• Design and implement features using Android, Brightcove and other SDKs
• Integrate with RESTful and GraphQL APIs using well known SDKs/libraries
• Collaborate with other team members, participating in Scrum meetings, design discussions and team code reviews

Qualifications/Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing and supporting Android applications.
• 2+ years working with Kotlin and Android Studio.
• Familiarity with code written in Java.
• A solid understanding of the Google monetization ecosystem including Google Play Store.
• Strong experience with debugging tools.
• Intimate experience with several Android SDKs such as Androidx, Android Support, Android Databinding, ConstraintLayout, & Exoplayer.
• Experience using non-Android libraries, e.g Retrofit, Glide, Picasso, RxKotlin or other open source libraries.
• Experience writing multi-threaded/asynchronous code; solid understanding of threading in Android applications.
• Familiarity with cloud development environments, including API design and integration.
• Understanding of continuous integration process and unit testing.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Comfortable using git as source control.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Sharp analytical abilities, proven design skills, excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with MVVM architecture.
• Comfortable mentoring junior developers.
• Experience implementing robust testing frameworks.
• Experience building applications on AndroidTV and FireTV is a plus.
• Experience working with React Native is a plus.

About Brightcove 

Brightcove is a diverse, global team of smart, passionate people who are revolutionizing the way organizations deliver video. We’re hyped up about storytelling, and about helping organizations reach their audiences in bold and innovative ways. When video is done right, it can have a powerful and lasting effect. Hearts open. Minds change. 

Since 2004, Brightcove has been supporting customers that are some of the largest media companies, enterprises, events, and non-profit organizations in the world. There are over 600 Brightcovers globally, each of us representing our unique talents and we have built a culture that values authenticity, individual empowerment, excellence and collaboration. This culture enables us to harness the incredible power of video and create an environment where you will want to grow, stay and thrive. Bottom line: We take our video seriously, and we take great pride in doing it as #oneteam.

WORKING AT BRIGHTCOVE 

We strive to provide our employees with an environment where they can do their best work and be their best selves. This includes a focus on our employees’ work experience, actively creating a culture where inclusion and growth are at the center, and hiring, recognizing, promoting employees who are committed to living and breathing these same ideals.  

While remote work arrangements are available for most positions we also offer hybrid or on-site working options in our vibrant Guadalajara office located right in front of Andares shopping mall where employees enjoy access to fully-stocked kitchens, company events and social activities as well as an inspiring work environment. We are focused on creating a culture where inclusion and growth are at the center. We value collaboration, creativity, work/life balance, professional growth and providing an empowering space for open communication. You will have plenty of opportunities to meet your colleagues around the globe as we also celebrate a variety of personal interests with organized groups and clubs including an Employee Action Committee, Women of Brightcove, Pride of Brightcove, Parents of Brightcove … and more to come!

We recognize that no candidate is perfect and Brightcove would love to have the chance to get to know you. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Brightcove embraces diversity and seeks candidates who support persons of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply. If you need any accommodations for your interview, please email recruiting@brightcove.com. 

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