Sr. Software Engineer, TV Platform

Who we are:

MasterClass is transforming online education by enabling anyone in the world to learn from the very best.  We are deconstructing what makes an actor able to cry on demand, how an athlete defies gravity, and what it takes to write a bestseller.  Our online learning content is available to students anywhere anytime, which supports our mission to ignite the greatness in others.

We are a quickly growing VC-funded startup based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Los Angeles.  We have created online classes taught by famous masters— Gordon Ramsay, Serena Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sara Blakely, David Sedaris, Bobbi Brown, Timbaland, Anna Wintour and many more to come.

Since launching in 2015, we have been growing our team. Apply now to find out more about what we are doing behind the scenes.

The role:

As a pioneer member of the TV engineering team, you will work closely with the product and design teams to  define the future of the MasterClass living room experience. And with the ability to implement experiences across any of our supported TV platforms you will be able to grow your technical expertise and experience in any development environment you wish with guidance and mentorship from the entire MasterClass engineering team. Help scale the TV engineering team by contributing to process improvements, TV development best practices, and innovative architectures to support an experience that will help to “unlock human potential by inspiring a learning lifestyle in everyone.”

This role is open to residents in CA, WA, AZ, TX, GA, TN, NY

What we are looking for:

• Experience or familiarity with Roku and/or AndroidTV technology:
  • Roku:
    • BrightScript
    • SceneGraph
  • AndroidTV/FireTV:
    • Kotlin
    • RxJava/Reactive programming
    • Dagger
    • Retrofit
    • Leanback framework
    • MVVM/MVP
  • Experience with development in Roku and tvOS
  • Additional TV platform familiarity/experience including: Samsung, Vizio, LG, Roku
• A self-starter who is able and excited to work both independently and as a collaborator with cross-functional teams to ensure the highest quality product is shipped to the end-user

What you will accomplish:

• Design and implement interactive and scalable TV applications across multiple environments
• Develop best practices and methodologies for TV application development
• Mentor other engineers and build a strong culture of quality, collaboration and empathy
• Build responsive, performance-driven user interfaces
• Collaborate with multiple product, data and engineering teams, as well as external partnerships for integration into our platform.
• Write high-quality code and documentation 

At MasterClass, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. In addition, MasterClass will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.