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Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc

Senior iOS Software Engineer, Media Foundation New New York City, NY

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc, New York, New York, us, 10261


Senior iOS Software Engineer, Media Foundation

New York City, NYReddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 97M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.The Media Foundation’s mission is simple: Delivering seamless, high-performance media experiences that meet and exceed industry standards, ensuring unparalleled engagement across all platforms at Reddit. This is a pivotal role within the Media Foundation team, essential to shaping Reddit's media experience across all devices. We are seeking a stellar engineer with a deep understanding of scalable media solutions who can drive innovation, deliver top-tier video experiences to our users, and guide other teams in seamlessly integrating with our video API.What You’ll Do:Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch.Work with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Set and define standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help coach and mentor engineers on the team.Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.What We Are Looking For:At least 3+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing iOS mobile native applications at scale, using Swift.Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Java, Python, Go, Rust, C++.Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus.Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule.BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.What Will Set You Apart:In-depth knowledge of AVFoundation for video and audio playback, asset management, streaming, editing, and exporting capabilities.Strong understanding of Core Media for timing and synchronization and Core Video for buffer handling.Familiarity with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, MP4, and other streaming protocols.Knowledge of video encoding standards (H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1).Familiarity with VideoToolbox for hardware-accelerated video encoding and decoding.Familiarity with reactive frameworks (RxSwift, Combine).Experienced with SQL and BigQuery.This job posting may span more than one career level.In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave.Pay Transparency:The base pay range for this position is:$190,800 - $267,100 USDReddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.

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