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Lead Architect - OTT Applications & Media Engineering

STARZPLAY · Doubaï

Senior 🇬🇧 English
Swift SwiftUI AVFoundation Kotlin Jetpack Compose React Native Flutter Tizen webOS Enact Vidaa Android TV Google TV tvOS Fire TV LightningJS VanillaJS PlayStation SDK Xbox UWP React Angular

Job description

About the role

As a Lead Architect for OTT Applications & Media Engineering, you will shape the technical foundation of STARZPLAY’s streaming platform across SVOD, AVOD and Live delivery. Working from our Dubai office, you will collaborate with product, UX, engineering, DevOps, video, ad‑tech, data and QA teams to deliver high‑quality experiences on every device.

Key responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the target‑state architecture for all streaming product lines, ensuring consistency across content, delivery and monetisation layers.
  • Establish engineering standards, design patterns and architectural governance (ADRs, review boards) for all development teams.
  • Translate high‑level designs into production‑ready, scalable OTT solutions, covering client‑side and server‑side components.
  • Guarantee seamless user experiences on LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, game consoles, mobile OSes and other smart‑TV platforms.
  • Set code‑quality, documentation and best‑practice guidelines for development teams.
  • Oversee video playback optimisation, memory management and advertising integrations on both client and server sides.

Required profile

  • Proven experience leading technical discovery sessions and establishing engineering best practices.
  • Strong background designing end‑to‑end system architectures for large‑scale streaming services.
  • Ability to work closely with cross‑functional teams (Product, UX, DevOps, Video Engineering, AdTech, Data, QA).
  • Senior‑level expertise in architecting resilient, high‑performance OTT environments.

Required skills

  • iOS development: Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation
  • Android development: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose
  • Cross‑platform: React Native, Flutter
  • Smart‑TV/CTV: Tizen (Samsung), webOS/Enact (LG), Vidaa (Hisense), Android TV/Google TV, tvOS, Fire TV, LightningJS, VanillaJS
  • Console development: PlayStation SDK, Xbox UWP/GDK
  • Web player development: React, Angular

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