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Stand8 provides end to end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and with offices in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, and more including internationally in Mexico and India.

Our global solutions team is seeking a Senior Android Video Streaming Engineer to build and enhance large-scale Android streaming experiences used by millions of users. This role combines advanced Android and video-player engineering with analytics implementation, SDK integration, and approved AI-assisted development using Kotlin, Java, Media3, and ExoPlayer. The engineer will translate analytics requirements into production code, connect playback and user experiences to structured event data, and create reusable instrumentation and validation patterns across Android devices. This position requires strong ownership of streaming telemetry, player performance, testing, documentation, and cross-functional delivery in a fully remote U.S. environment.

Location & Work Type

Location: Remote, United States
Work Type: Remote

Key Responsibilities

• Develop production-quality Android applications and video player integrations using Kotlin and Java.


• Integrate Adobe Edge Software Development Kits (SDKs) across Android applications, shared components, and video player SDKs.


• Translate Experience Data Model (XDM), event, payload, and sequencing requirements into maintainable Android code.


• Implement analytics across user journeys and streaming experiences, including playback, advertising, quality, performance, buffering, latency, and errors.


• Integrate instrumentation with Media3, ExoPlayer, RESTful APIs, telemetry services, and analytics endpoints.


• Build reusable event models, payload structures, validation utilities, conformance tests, and automated test coverage.


• Validate analytics events, payload accuracy, contextual data, sequencing, and delivery across supported Android devices.


• Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools for repository analysis, development, pull requests, testing, code review support, documentation, and troubleshooting.


• Diagnose and resolve Adobe Edge, XDM, player, event-mapping, and analytics integration issues.


• Perform unit, integration, regression, conformance, and physical-device testing.


• Contribute to Git workflows, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, release readiness, and technical documentation.


• Collaborate with video platform, analytics, product, privacy, QA, and engineering teams while supporting knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of professional Android development experience.


• Strong proficiency in Kotlin with professional experience using Java.


• Hands-on experience with Media3 and/or ExoPlayer.


• Strong experience with video streaming applications, playback systems, or player SDKs.


• Understanding of playback states, advertising, quality, performance, buffering, latency, and error telemetry.


• Experience integrating analytics, telemetry, or third-party SDKs into Android applications.


• Experience with structured event schemas, payload mappings, event contracts, and sequencing.


• Strong knowledge of Android architecture, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and asynchronous programming.


• Familiarity with Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).


• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and client-side integrations.


• Experience with automated testing, device testing, debugging, and performance validation.


• Proficiency with Git, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.


• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred (Optional):

• Knowledge of Media3 or ExoPlayer analytics, player events, and telemetry.


• Experience integrating Adobe Edge SDKs.


• Familiarity with Adobe Experience Platform and Experience Data Model (XDM).


• Experience implementing analytics for video streaming or playback platforms.


• Familiarity with adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR), codecs, Widevine Digital Rights Management (DRM), and secure media delivery.


• Experience creating reusable event contracts, validation scripts, templates, or conformance tests.


• Experience with AI-assisted or agentic development tools in enterprise environments.


• Experience supporting high-traffic consumer streaming applications and observability, monitoring, or privacy-focused engineering workflows.

Benefits:

• Medical coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) through Anthem


• Dental/Vision/Various Ancillary coverages through Unum


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Paid-time-off options


• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


• Discount programs through ADP WorkforceNow

Additional Details

The base range for this contract position is $70 - $80 / per hour, depending on experience. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered.

About Us

STAND 8 provides end-to-end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and globally with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Mexico, Japan, India, and more. STAND 8 focuses on the "bleeding edge" of technology and leverages automation, process, marketing, and over fifteen years of success and growth to provide a world-class experience for our customers, partners, and employees.

Our mission is to impact the world positively by creating success through PEOPLE, PROCESS, and TECHNOLOGY.

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