Senior C++ Video Engineer

About Ludeo

Ludeo is a hyper-growth startup in the gaming industry that is revolutionizing the way players discover and engage with games. Now and for the first time, gamers can share their most thrilling gameplay moments with everyone and everywhere and allow others to PLAY them, not only watch them as video clips.

Ludeo’s vision is to become the world’s first playable social media platform for gamers where they can frictionlessly discover gaming content.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior C++ Video Engineer to develop and optimize our video processing and encoding solutions. This role requires strong expertise in C/C++, video/audio codecs, GPU acceleration, and performance optimization across different platforms. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing high-performance video processing pipelines while ensuring optimal quality and resource usage.

What you'll do

• Design and develop efficient video processing and encoding pipelines
• Implement and optimize GPU-accelerated video processing solutions
• Create and maintain cross-platform video processing libraries
• Optimize video quality and performance for various devices and bandwidth conditions
• Develop and integrate mobile-specific video optimizations
• Benchmark and profile video processing performance

• 7+ years in software engineering with a focus on video processing and encoding
• Strong expertise in video/audio codecs (H.264, HEVC, VP8/VP9, AV1, Opus)
• Extensive experience with GPU encoding (NVENC, QuickSync, AMF)
• Proficiency in C/C++ and experience with large codebases
• Deep understanding of graphics libraries (OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal)
• Experience with mobile video optimization and hardware acceleration
• Strong background in performance optimization and profiling