Netflix has posted a job opening on its website for an “Android video playback expert” to help bring Netflix to the Android platform.
Reqirements listed for the job are:
• 10+ years of relevant software development experience
• Expert in OO design and implementation using C++
• Deep understanding of and hands-on experience with media playback on the Android platform
• Experience with other mobile application platforms (e.g. iPhone/iPad) is a plus
• Experience with DRM technologies is a plus
The listing also suggests that the applicant be able to hold his/her own in a very demanding peer group, be highly motivated and skilled in all things video on the mobile platform.
Developing Netflix for Android will add to the firm’s current push into the portable handheld market, following the launch of the company’s iPad application last week.
The Netflix service offers online flat rate DVD & Blu Ray rental as well as video streaming in the United States. The service currently boasts 100,000 titles and 10 million subscribers.
Netflix’s ambition to go after the handheld market is no secret, with the firm’s CEO Reed Hastings already having expressed his desire to bring the service to the iPod Touch and iPhone in September 2009.
This latest job posting shows Netflix’s mobile ambitions are very much alive and well and that customers should expect Netflix to come to an Android device near you very soon indeed.
You can find the full job listing here
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Chris Stobie is a freelance contributor to RCR Unplugged, residing in Sydney, Australia. You can read more from Chris on the tech blog CtrlRefresh
