About the Role
Role details below.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain React Native applications tailored for Amazon Fire TV and the upcoming Vega OS platform
- Optimize for performance on large screens, including remote navigation (DPAD), lean-back UI patterns, focus management, and smooth scrolling behavior
- Integrate with native modules and custom Android code for Fire TV-specific features and platform APIs
- Implement video playback functionality using HLS streams for live and VOD content
- Integrate SSAI/DAI ad tech via AWS MediaTailor, CDP SDKs such as RudderStack, and other CTV-related tools
- Integrate with RESTful APIs, content feeds, and other microservices
- Collaborate with backend, design, QA, and product teams to define and deliver intuitive CTV user experiences
- Address platform-specific quirks across Fire TV device models and optimize memory, performance, and stability
- Write clean, modular, and testable code with unit tests and integration tests, and participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality
- Work within CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and release using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
- Follow the team’s sprint operating model
- Use AI tools such as Claude Code and other AI-assisted development tools to accelerate code generation, test authoring, and documentation
- Contribute to release management processes including app store submissions, rollout strategies, and post-release monitoring
- Monitor production health using observability tools such as New Relic, and drive timely remediation of issues discovered after release
Requirements
- 3-5 years of professional experience with React Native
- Proven experience building and shipping apps for Fire TV or Android-based CTV platforms
- Solid understanding of native module bridging in React Native with an Android focus
- Experience with video playback technologies, streaming architecture, and HLS
- Familiarity with ad tech integration patterns including server-side ad insertion
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and cloud-native backend services
- Experience working in Agile teams with short, iterative release cycles and collaborating with product, design, and QA
- Comfortable debugging device-specific issues across Fire TV hardware variants and Fire OS versions
- Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows
- Strong communication and team collaboration skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Amazon’s Vega OS or early adoption of React Native for TV platforms
- Experience with other CTV platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung, or LG
- Familiarity with analytics and event tracking tools such as RudderStack
- Experience with feature flags, experimentation tooling, and A/B testing (e.g., LaunchDarkly)
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as New Relic
- Experience with authentication flows (OAuth 2.0, Auth0) in CTV environments
Benefits
- Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
- Opportunity to work on streaming appli
