About the Team
About the role:
Vizio pioneered streaming to the TV and continues to innovate and lead the industry. While we are well-positioned to help shape the future of television and streaming media, continued success stems from experienced software engineers like you developing core features for the Vizio platform.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Sr Application Development Engineer for our TV platforms, specializing in native application development to help develop and maintain Vizio's core operating environment. Senior Software Engineer will be contributing extensively to our embedded UI/UX development, algorithm implementation for complex features to make it more user intuitive and underlying architecture. You will be working closely with product management to understand new features or extending current features for market needs, development using modern & native java script language and integration of third-party apps. You will also be engaged in developing tools which can help larger development community within Vizio.
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A proven track record of shipping high-quality software on embedded platforms is essential. This is a great role for a senior professional who enjoys a high level of visibility and thrives on great business impact. The features and performance improvements you implement directly impact millions of users every day. This is a great role for an experienced professional who has innovative ideas for complex problems and can translate these ideas into ultra-reliable software. We are a close-knit team, focusing on challenging problems that make a difference in our business. We pride ourselves on working in a collaborative environment, and to do so we are in our Dallas, TX office 5 days a week.
What You Will Do
What You Will Do:
- Design, develop and deliver high-quality, intuitive, and easy-to-use embedded UI interfaces/applications which runs on Vizio OS/TV platform.
- Demonstrate the ability to dig deep to find solutions to challenging problems affecting our users.
- Work as a part of a high functioning team consisting of UX designers, software engineers, dev-ops, quality assurance and product management
- Ability to accurately estimate software tasks and work to schedule.
- Ability to research, come-up with new ideas and drive the implementation also provide technical leadership to other team members and code reviews.
- Be involved with every stage of the application software development process.
- Take part in the planning and refinement of features along with the team to come up with innovative and collaborative designs
- Design APIs/SDKs used by other teams, both internal and external to the company.
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, object-oriented programming.
About You
We're excited if you have:
- You have 6+ years experience in front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and native JavaScript like Angular, ReactJS to write clean, efficient code.
- Passionate towards building next generation TV watching experience to the customers.
- You are excited to have an impact on a platform that is used by millions.
- You know when to use an existing solution and when to build something new.
- You have patience when working with people of all skill levels, you build up those around you.
- Your ego isn't tied to your technical decisions.
- A good understanding of Agile practices
- You pay attention to the edge cases, evaluating how a design might break.
- You are proactive in foreseeing issues and resolve it before it happens.
- Attention to details, provide focused project management, accurate and detailed system analyses.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
About VIZIO
We are Beautifully Simple.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, VIZIO is a leading HDTV brand in America and the #1 Sound Bar Brand in America. VIZIO's mission is to deliver high performance, smarter products with the latest innovations at a significant savings that we can pass along to our consumers. Our loyal following and industry-wide praise continues to grow as we redefine what it means to be smart.
VIZIO, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We will not pay fees to any third-party agency, outside recruiter or firm without a mutually agreed-upon contract and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes will be considered our property and will be processed accordingly.
For Colorado-based employment: The target salary range is $110,000 - $142,000. In addition to base salary, the compensation package also includes eligibility for an annual bonus, as well as equity and a range of medical, dental, vision and other benefits.