•As a contractor for DirecTV, I enhanced and developed cross-platform Video Player Library for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, Web, Tizen Vizio and more, demonstrating proficiency in C++, Java, Objective-C, Typescript and React Native.
•Enhanced Core UI Functionality: Developed main screen video preview feature, delivering a smooth preview experience for users.
•Optimized video playback across all devices by supporting 4k content, reducing stuttering and frame dropping, decreasing video start failures and more.
•Enhanced ExoPlayer performance, resolving device-specific issues; changes adopted into Amazon’s Official ExoPlayer Fork.
•Improved DRM key rotation and multi-key handling, reducing DRM failures to 0.01%.
•Reduced DRM license requests by 80%, reducing server load and enhancing service stability.
•Implemented safeguards to protect content integrity making it significantly more difficult to pirate content by implementing Widevine Security Level handling and advising Headend teams on changes to make.