Craig A Holliday

Staff Software Engineer at Plex

Lead Player Engineer for all platforms.

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• Build and maintain the native player stack for React Native backed applications.
• Build and implement fully automated player stack testing framework.
• Utilize AI to accelerate bug fixes, new features, and maintaining product quality.

Senior Software Engineer at Plex

Senior Software Engineer on the Personal Media team.

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• Build and maintain a bespoke native Apple player powering playback on iOS and tvOS.
• Maintain and support the Android player and client.
• Build, maintain, and integrate native player stacks and playback experience in React Native applications for Apple, Android, Vega, FireTV and Web.

Manager, Development - Media Streaming Solutions at Dolby Laboratories

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• Led the network coding SDK team of 2 Apple, 2 Android, and 4 Web developers, and was its technical product owner.
• Built network coding SDKs for Apple, Android, and Web, and shipped them to customers in alpha and public beta.
• Owned and led an automated playback testing system for Apple, Android, and Web with network emulation and Appium.
• Managed four engineers, two of whom were promoted. Hired a staff engineer and two contract engineers.
• Built an HLS validation CLI and a Rust HLS parser proof of concept alone, and led an SDK metrics validation tool.

Shipped

• Data Validation Tool
• HLS Manifest and Resource Requesting Tool
• Manager, Development - Dolby Laboratories
• Network Coding for Media Streaming SDKs
• Rust HLS Parser POC
• Web and Mobile Automated OTT Media Playback Testing System

iOS Developer at RealEyes Media

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• Led Apple development of a Swift media player SDK for iOS and tvOS. The customer integrated it into many of its apps.
• Led two parallel network throughput testing SDKs, in Swift for Apple and Kotlin for Android.
• Built example apps that customers gave to integrators, for DRM on AVContentKeySession and for webOS and Tizen.
• Led development of a SwiftUI sporting events app for iPhone and iPad through its 1.0 App Store release.

Shipped

• Apple Application for Sporting Events Discovery Platform
• Engineering Manager - RealEyes Media
• Example Apple Application for a Popular Media DRM Solution
• Internal URL Builder Tool for a Popular Media Streaming Company
• Media Player SDK for a Popular Media Streaming Company
• Network Throughput Testing SDK
• POC TV and Xbox Applications for a Popular Media Player
• User Interface for an Internal Live Media Testing Tool
• User Interface of an Internal Tool for a Popular Media Streaming Company
• WebOS and Tizen Example Applications for a Popular Media Player

Development Manager at RealEyes Media

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• Managed two junior engineers, one associate engineer, and several contractors.
• Mentored junior developers on four client projects.
• Built React and Angular front ends for a media encoding tool, an ad insertion URL builder, and a live stream testing tool.