Senior Native Application Engineer

The role

This person will develop and maintain native iOS and Android applications to deliver streaming experiences. They will also contribute to TV platforms and partner with engineers to define API contracts and architectural patterns.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain native iOS and Android applications.
• Contribute to TV platform applications including Apple TV, Fire TV/Android TV, and Roku.
• Partner with BFF engineers to define API contracts and server-driven UI patterns.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate productivity.
• Drive architectural decisions for the native platform.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership.
• Collaborate with team members and contractors.
• Identify and address technical debt.
• Champion best practices around app security, crash reporting, observability, and release quality.

Required qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Swift and Kotlin with hands-on experience shipping production mobile applications.
• Deep understanding of native mobile development patterns, architecture, and platform-specific best practices.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor).
• Familiarity with live streaming, video playback, or media-rich application development.
• Experience working across multiple platforms or a demonstrated willingness to learn new ones.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and experience collaborating with backend teams on API design and integration.
• Familiarity with app performance monitoring, crash reporting, and observability tooling.
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines and tooling (e.g., Fastlane, Bitrise, Xcode Cloud).
• Ownership mindset with a bias for action and a drive to solve hard problems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team with a mix of FTEs and contractors.
• A growth-oriented mindset with curiosity to explore new technologies and platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience with server-driven UI (SDUI) or backend-for-frontend (BFF) architecture patterns.
• Experience with TV platform development (tvOS, Fire TV, Android TV, Roku).
• Contributions to shared component libraries or design systems in a native mobile context.

Benefits

• Flexibility at work
• All-hands events hosted annually in Austin, Texas
• Annual equity awards for all top performers
• Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
• Progressive parental leave policies
• Flexible paid time off
• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
• Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

About the company

FloSports is a sports media company providing live event coverage, news, highlights, and stats. It consists of over a dozen sport verticals and hundreds of streaming partners.