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About the Role
As an OTT Lead, you’ll architect, build, and evolve cross-platform streaming applications—spanning Web, Mobile, and CTV—while guiding multi-disciplinary teams and engaging directly with clients to translate business goals into scalable OTT solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end design and development of OTT apps across Web, iOS, Android, Android TV, tvOS, Roku, Chromecast, and Smart TVs
- Define and optimize video delivery workflows (playback, ABR, DRM), ad insertion (SSAI/CSAI), and player enhancements
- Oversee app store submissions, certification, release cycles, and platform compliance
- Implement EPG, personalization, cross-device synchronization, deep linking, and advanced video features
- Act as technical lead in client discussions; convert business needs into roadmaps and architectures
- Mentor and guide engineers across platforms; drive code quality, reviews, and standards
- Collaborate with product, design, QA, and backend teams to deliver high-quality releases on time
- Integrate analytics, ad tech (Google IMA, Freewheel), and third-party services
- Ensure performance, scalability, accessibility, and seamless playback across devices and networks
- Troubleshoot production issues; drive observability, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvements
- Stay current with Roku SDK, tvOS APIs, Android frameworks, and OTT ecosystem updates
- Promote best practices in OTT architecture, CI/CD, automated testing, security, and privacy
- Other duties as assigned
About You
Qualifications & Skills
- 7+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years focused on OTT/streaming
- Hands-on development in at least two OTT ecosystems (e.g., iOS/tvOS, Android/Android TV, Roku, Web, Smart TVs)
- Strong knowledge of OTT architectures; streaming protocols (HLS, DASH); DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady); and ad tech
- Proficiency with RESTful APIs, JSON, and backend integrations
- Experience with app store submissions, certification processes, and lifecycle management
- Proficient with Git, CI/CD workflows, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Excellent leadership, communication, and client-facing skills
- Nice to have: Fire TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS; video analytics (Conviva, Mux, Youbora)
- Knowledge of personalization/recommendation systems, ABR optimization, and low-latency streaming
- Contributions to OTT-related open-source projects or developer communities
At.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
