What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Android position at Atmosphere TV?
(Austin, TX)
About Atmosphere:
Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform built specifically for businesses. Unlike ad networks or signage companies, Atmosphere is the only true TV company whose first priority is to entertain television audiences outside of the home. Our content is designed to be fun, engaging, and worth watching, transforming waiting rooms, gyms, bars, and restaurants into better experiences for customers and better businesses for owners.
We are the first and only company to think about both the business owner and their customers when creating TV content. With 60,000 venues and a global audience of over 150 million monthly viewers, Atmosphere is redefining what TV means outside the living room.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help power the technology behind Atmosphere’s global streaming platform. Our systems deliver content to more than 60,000 venues and 150 million viewers each month, reaching audiences everywhere from gyms to restaurants to airports. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and scale the software that connects our content, hardware, and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with other engineers and cross-functional teams to create reliable, high-performing solutions that make our network run smoothly at scale. The right candidate thrives on tackling complex problems, values clean and thoughtful engineering, and enjoys collaborating across disciplines. You’ll contribute directly to a product seen by millions while helping strengthen our engineering culture and systems for the future.
This position will report to the CTO, and is on-site in Austin, TX! Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate who’s ready to join us in Austin. Availability to be in-office 4-5 days a week is required.
Key Responsibilities:
Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet all the criteria. At Atmosphere, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where creativity, innovation, and teamwork matter most. If you're passionate about this role but your experience doesn't check every box, we still want to hear from you. You might just be the right fit for this or another role on our team.
About Atmosphere:
Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform built specifically for businesses. Unlike ad networks or signage companies, Atmosphere is the only true TV company whose first priority is to entertain television audiences outside of the home. Our content is designed to be fun, engaging, and worth watching, transforming waiting rooms, gyms, bars, and restaurants into better experiences for customers and better businesses for owners.
We are the first and only company to think about both the business owner and their customers when creating TV content. With 60,000 venues and a global audience of over 150 million monthly viewers, Atmosphere is redefining what TV means outside the living room.
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team and help power the technology behind Atmosphere’s global streaming platform. Our systems deliver content to more than 60,000 venues and 150 million viewers each month, reaching audiences everywhere from gyms to restaurants to airports. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and scale the software that connects our content, hardware, and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with other engineers and cross-functional teams to create reliable, high-performing solutions that make our network run smoothly at scale. The right candidate thrives on tackling complex problems, values clean and thoughtful engineering, and enjoys collaborating across disciplines. You’ll contribute directly to a product seen by millions while helping strengthen our engineering culture and systems for the future.
This position will report to the CTO, and is on-site in Austin, TX! Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate who’s ready to join us in Austin. Availability to be in-office 4-5 days a week is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be intrinsically motivated, naturally curious, and enjoy seeking out new problems. Drive novel solutions with groups of other engineers
- Lead significant technical system architecture and major feature implementations for Atmosphere’s custom Android platform, including application development, Android OS customization, and build/deployment of system images for our proprietary hardware
- Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders (product, design, data, customer support, sales, content etc…) to design and deliver robust/reliable software solutions to business problems
- Leverage excellent technical skills to improve code and uplevel those around you
- Collaborate with other engineers and figure out how to make us better/faster/stronger
- Champion best practices, developing engineering culture, and have influence outside your direct team within the engineering organization
- Design and implement features with a full-stack perspective, understanding the dependencies and interactions between different parts of the system
- Bias towards simplicity
- Extreme ownership
- Computer Science degree or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- 4 years in delivering world-class customer-facing software products
- Deep understanding of Android from application to system level (Android SDK, Kotlin/Java, AOSP, platform customization), with a bias toward keeping things simple and maintainable
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design
- Experience with full-stack development methodologies and a deep understanding of how different components of a system interact
- Experience developing native applications for TV (tvOS / Android TV)
- Familiar with key video technologies: codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, DASH), cloud-based video platforms (e.g., AWS Elemental), and ad insertion techniques like SSAI/CSAI
- Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance development productivity
- Experienced in cloud native system design and workload orchestration
- Competitive salary
- Company Equity
- Company 401(k) with employer matching
- Competitive insurance plans
- Flexible Time Off Policy
Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet all the criteria. At Atmosphere, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where creativity, innovation, and teamwork matter most. If you're passionate about this role but your experience doesn't check every box, we still want to hear from you. You might just be the right fit for this or another role on our team.