Job Description
PlayOn is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our mobile development team focused on building OTT applications for iOS and Android platforms using React Native. This role offers the opportunity to shape the mobile experience for the industry-leading live streaming platform for high school sports. You will be instrumental in delivering high-quality, user-friendly mobile experiences that reach millions of fans across the country.
This is a hands-on engineering role that includes designing and building performant React Native applications, optimizing video playback experiences, contributing to product and technical strategy, and helping shape the future of our OTT mobile platform. You’ll collaborate with designers, product managers, and backend teams to ensure a seamless experience across devices.
The ideal candidate has deep expertise in mobile development with React Native, strong leadership instincts, a collaborative mindset, and a drive to continually improve user experience. You bring experience working on high-impact consumer apps, a desire to mentor others, and the ability to deliver outcomes under pressure.
The Outcomes You’ll Deliver
·Deliver performant, reliable, and intuitive React Native applications across iOS and Android platforms.
·Improve user experience and engagement for millions of viewers of our live streaming platform.
·Drive mobile architecture decisions and contribute to our long-term OTT product vision.
In this role, you can expect to
- Design and develop high-quality mobile applications using React Native for both iOS and Android.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with designers, product managers, and backend teams to deliver a seamless OTT experience.
- Lead medium-to-large engineering initiatives, including some cross-team efforts.
- Optimize mobile apps for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Contribute to product and technical strategy with roadmap insights and feasibility recommendations.
- Actively mentor engineers to grow team expertise and support knowledge continuity.
To thrive in this role, you have
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of experience developing mobile applications using React Native.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
- Demonstrated experience leading significant technical projects or initiatives across teams.
- Experience integrating mobile apps with RESTful APIs.
- Experience with mobile performance optimization, profiling tools, and video playback.
- Familiarity with native mobile development (iOS/Swift or Android/Kotlin) is a plus.
- Background in OTT or media streaming applications is preferred.
How You Play
- Ownership over Participation – You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges.
- Team over Stars – You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed.
- Growth over Comfort – You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.
- Fairness over Popularity – You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.
Company Overview
PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life.
Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we’re here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again.
When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.
Why you’ll love working at PlayOn
Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions.
This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve.
Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team.
The Benefits We Offer
Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
Dental, vision life and disability insurance
Employee Emergency Fund
Company equity (stock options)
Open PTO policy
401K plan with company match
Hybrid/flexible work environment
Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.
