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Senior Software Engineer | Player iOS/tvOS/visionOS
Roland Kákonyi is a Senior Software Engineer at Bitmovin, specializing in video playback on Apple platforms including iOS, tvOS, and visionOS. As part of the iOS Player team, he focuses on delivering high-performance, native playback experiences. Beyond Apple ecosystems, Roland also brings experience in React Native and AI tooling development, contributing to cross-platform innovation and internal productivity tools.
Most AI coding tools are built around a single user. You work with the agent in a private window, and when the session ends, everything it learned stays with you. The next person on the team starts from zero. That bothered us, so for Bitmovin’s Q2 2026 hackathon…
Working with video workflows today means dealing with a lot of moving parts. Encoding, playback, and observability each come with their own APIs, documentation, and ways of working. The capability is there, but getting to the right answer still takes time, whether that’s searching docs, checking specs, or figuring out where something lives in…
For developers working on streaming apps across Apple platforms, error resolution has often felt like chasing shadows. Playback interruptions might show up as vague “Operation couldn’t be completed” messages, offering little guidance for debugging or pattern recognition. When every second of viewer downtime impacts QoE and revenue, these generic error codes don’t just slow teams…
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