Senior Software Developer - tvOS Job Kanata area,Ontario Canada,Software Development

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About the Job

We are searching for a Senior iOS/tvOS Software Developer to join the CNN Mobile and Connected TV (CTV) Engineering Teams. They are an individual contributor, self-directed, able to work with minimal supervision, and is typically expected to take on the most difficult technical challenges. The Senior Developer will contribute to the technical direction, supporting the Principal Engineers/Architects in defining the technology strategy and implementation.

He/she will provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced developers. We need our engineers to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems while working in a fun, collaborative and fast-paced environment.

The Senior iOS/tvOS Software Developer contributes to mobile and CTV technology strategy, architecture, best practices, and choice of tools and technology stack across iOS and tvOS app platforms, supporting backend APIs, CI/CD tools, and testing automation. They ensure technical execution and release of CNN’s mobile and CTV apps to end consumers. They partner with Product, Design and Delivery Leaders to help teams deliver on product initiatives and operational execution.

About the Team

This is a great opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building mobile and CTV apps for News audiences. Our team builds innovative and creative user experiences taking advantage of the latest features and technologies that CNN has to offer.

The Daily

Architect and build intuitive, simple and elegantly designed mobile and CTV apps that people want to use

Provide support and development of software tools and procedures to extend and enhance the core production pipeline

Work with multiple departments, including Product, Design, Delivery, Editorial and Engineering to implement CNN Digital consumer experience solutions and apps

Assist with troubleshooting production problems, root cause analysis, and debugging

Development and maintenance of existing production systems supporting CNN’s digital ecosystem

Mentor more junior developers

Ensure software development follows industry best practices, policies and guidelines. Specifically, ensuring that technical solutions are in line with established CNN Digital strategy, standards in respect to architecture, security, corporate governance, coding standards, monitoring, logging, unit test, and service enablement

The Essentials

BS/MS in computer science (or equivalent)

Demonstrated advanced understanding of troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, application design, solution development, human factors/usability design, and implementation of projects for major business units or the enterprise

Minimum 5 years professional development environment

Strong foundation in programming fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms

Ability to develop new and innovative applications as well as maintaining existing code

Demonstrated full-stack development experience with mobile and CTV native clients, SDKs, and APIs (Swift/Objective-C, Swift

UI, iOS/tvOS platforms)

Demonstrated expert knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, and architecture, specifically experience architecting performant, scalable, and secure mobile and CTV apps

Hands-on experience…