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Versant Media · 1 week ago

Sr. Software Engineer, Android - Fandango

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

3+ years exp

VERSANT is a media and entertainment business with digital assets including Fandango. Fandango is seeking a Senior Android Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain Android video playback technologies, including the Video Player SDK, while improving streaming reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability. The role also involves cross-functional troubleshooting, code reviews, documentation, and technical mentorship.

Media and EntertainmentInformation TechnologyBroadcasting

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain an Android Video Player SDK using Kotlin, Java, and Android media frameworks

Lead and contribute to scalable architecture for cross-platform video playback solutions

Implement and optimize streaming, buffering, DRM, offline playback, and performance-related video features

Partner with engineering, QA, and operations teams to reproduce, diagnose, and resolve playback issues across the video pipeline

Write clean, performant, maintainable code and contribute to strong engineering practices through code reviews and documentation

Provide technical guidance and mentorship while staying current with Android and streaming media best practices

Qualification

Android DevelopmentKotlinJavaAndroid Media FrameworksExoPlayerDASH StreamingHLS StreamingWidevine DRMVideo PlaybackStreaming ProtocolsSDK Development

Required

3+ years of professional Android development experience, with strong proficiency in Kotlin and/or Java

Experience with Media3 and/or ExoPlayer, including DASH and/or HLS streaming and Widevine DRM

Strong understanding of video playback concepts, streaming protocols, buffering, bitrate adaptation, device-specific behavior, and performance optimization

Experience building reliable, reusable platform components or SDKs

Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment

**Trust

** You write reliable, maintainable code and follow through on technical commitments

**Teamwork

** You collaborate across engineering, QA, operations, and platform teams to solve complex playback challenges

**Transparency

** You communicate technical tradeoffs, document decisions, and share knowledge clearly

**Agility

** You adapt to evolving product needs, platform changes, and emerging streaming technologies

**Entrepreneurial Spirit

** You take ownership of complex technical problems and look for scalable, forward-thinking solutions

Preferred

Bonus points for experience with analytics, QoE metrics, video instrumentation, web, Roku, iOS, other streaming platforms, video ad integrations such as IMA SDK, VAST, or VMAP, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing for media applications

Benefits

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Fully remote role

Company

Versant Media

Media and entertainment company spanning news, sports, and digital brands.

Founded in 2004

Seattle, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://versantmedia.com

H1B Sponsorship

Versant Media has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

91%

Represents job field similar to this job

Engineering and Development

Management and Executive

Trends of Total Sponsorships

*2026 (11)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

unknown

2026-01-05IPO

Leadership Team

Erin Calhoun

SVP Communications, Entertainment & Sports

Steve Arocho

Vice President Corporate Communications

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