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Sr. SW Eng with video playback experience
3 weeks ago
ONLY CAN CONSIDER CANDIDATES WHO CAN WORK ON A W2 BASIS FOR ANY EMPLOYER WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP (no H-1B or C-C)
Media Engineering builds the software and systems that prepare media content and metadata for the Company Streaming platform - providing the best possible playback experience to our viewers.
Media Engineering handles audio, video, and metadata content from ingest through publish - for normalization, processing, and packaging - supporting operator tools and automation for a scalable workflow. We build logic across players and back-end services to measure, control, and optimize playback across our stack.
Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us deliver excellent streaming experiences for Company as a developer of our client player. Our team is responsible for playback across several devices including gaming consoles and set top boxes. You will have the opportunity to lead in the design and implementation of our cross-platform C/C++ and Rust player that runs Company on these devices.
We’re looking for an experienced C/C++ or Rust engineer who has video player and cross platform development experience. You will be collaborating deeply with client teams to help produce a best in class API that integrates with the video player as well as helping build and improve the features that power video playback on a variety of Company streaming products. You should have a passion for coding and debugging hard problems, and an eagerness to help us deliver seamless video to our subscribers. As a senior engineer, you will get to own large features, lead the technical direction of our work, and provide technical expertise to other engineers. You will work closely with other technical teams in the application layer and backend video services to deliver features.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain our Rust and C/C++ player and the API layer connecting company clients that drives our streaming experience
• Optimize our player to perform well for resource constrained platforms
• Create and review architecture and designs for our team’s projects
• Own large and complex features
• Maintain a strong understanding of our code to identify, research and address issues
• Collaborate with application development teams, services engineering teams and product management to help understand and explain device limitations and requirements
• Lead in strategies to ensure the quality and stability of our deployments, including testing strategies and telemetry approaches
• Develop our project’s build system and continuous integration system as needed
• Provide technical expertise to developers on our team
• Hold our team accountable to high development standards
Must Skills:
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study.
• Long record of full software development lifecycle experience
• Fluent in C and C++ or Rust
• Willing to learn Rust
• Experience developing and optimizing multi-threaded applications
• Experience using build runners / compilation tools for multi-platform projects
• Strong individual contributor with a drive to learn and patience to teach others
• Great communication and collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic
• BS or BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
• Rust
• Experience in Streaming technologies, including:
o HLS (preferred) or DASH
o DRM technologies like Playready or Widevine
o Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithms
o Caption and subtitle formats such as CEA-608 / 708
o Codecs AVC, HEVC, AAC, EAC3
• Cross-Platform Development
• Embedded operating system experience
• Experience developing for gaming consoles (e.g. Playstation, Switch), Android devices (e.g.FireTV), or similar devices
• Familiarity with set-top box development and specialized SoCs from manufacturers like Broadcom, MediaTek, etc.
Required Education: BS/MS in Computer Science or similar field
Additional Information:
This opening is for a USA based employee, within commuting distance to any of our offices in Seattle WA, Morrisville NC, New York NY, or Santa Monica, CA. We are also open to remote employees.
RUST is PREFERRED - Focus on candidates with Rust that are strong. C/C++ is also good but preference is with Rust.
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