Video Codec Algorithm Engineer - Multimedia Lab

5 Months ago • All levels • Monetization • $177,000 PA - $266,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

ByteDance's AVG Team focuses on multimedia research (image/video processing, compression, transmission) and technology transfer for their products. This role involves designing and developing encoding/decoding frameworks for video applications, implementing codec acceleration algorithms and strategies, and researching visual quality-oriented video coding/processing algorithms. You'll collaborate with a team of experts to push the boundaries of multimedia technology.
Must have:
  • MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • Strong knowledge of video coding standards (AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, AV1, VVC)
  • Expertise in video/image processing algorithms
  • Excellent programming skills in C/C++
  • Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in developing image/video applications (live streaming, video conferencing, offline transcoding)
  • Software codec development experience
  • International standardization work experience
  • SIMD/NEON and multi-threading design familiarity
  • Neural Network-based image/video coding/processing knowledge
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
  • 75% premium coverage for dependents
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO)
  • 10 paid sick days per year
  • 12 weeks of paid Parental leave
  • 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability
  • Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra
  • 401K company match
  • Gym and cellphone service reimbursements

Job Details

Responsibilities
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content. Why Join Us Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. Join us. About Team Our AVG Team’s mission is to promote cutting-edge research in multimedia (including, but not limited to image/video data processing, compression and transmission), and to transfer technologies into our products for better serving our hundreds of millions of users. We are looking for exceptional individuals from all area of multimedia processing/compression/transmission, who have a track record of research excellence, a passion to shape the future of multimedia processing, and the potential to become an outstanding leader in the field. Responsibilities - Design and develop encoding and decoding frameworks or various video applications - Design and implement codec acceleration algorithms and strategies - Research and develop visual quality-oriented video coding and processing algorithms
Qualifications
Qualifications: - MS degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent fields - Strong knowledge in video coding standards (AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, AV1, and VVC etc.) and video/image processing algorithms - Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C/C++ - Collaborative mindset, with solid written and verbal communication skills Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves) - Experience in development of image/video related applications, such as live streaming, video conference, offline transcoding - Experience in software codec development - Experience in international standardization work - Familiar with SIMD/NEON, and multi-threading design - Familiar with Neural Network-based image/video coding and processing ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at dataecommerce.accommodations@bytedance.com
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $177000 - $266000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Similar Jobs

NVIDIA - Principal Silicon Circuits System Design Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Meta - Software Engineer, Systems ML - SW/HW Co-design

Meta

Menlo Park, California, United States (Remote)
4 Months ago
Zoox - Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer, ML Performance Optimization

Zoox

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Animoca Brands - Game Developer

Animoca Brands

China (Remote)
5 Months ago
ION - Product Management Analyst

ION

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist, Code Generation

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Backend Software Engineer - Security Engineering

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
ByteDance - LLM Performance Operation, Specialist

ByteDance

Singapore (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Brand Partnership Manager

ByteDance

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
InMobiInMobi - Lead, Consumer Insights

InMobiInMobi

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Google - Student Researcher, PhD, Winter/Summer 2025

Google

Mountain View, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior Synthesis Flow Development Engineer

NVIDIA

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
ByteDance - Machine Learning Engineer - Model Serving Infrastructure

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
NVIDIA - Senior Software Engineer - HPC

NVIDIA

Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Larian Studios - Tools Director

Larian Studios

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (On-Site)
4 Months ago
ByteDance - SRE and DevOps Tech Lead - Edge Cloud Infrastructure - London

ByteDance

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
4 Months ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist, Infrastructure System Lab

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
NVIDIA - CAD Engineer - New College Grad 2025

NVIDIA

Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Welevel - Senior Technical Artist – Procedural Content Generation

Welevel

Munich, Bavaria, Germany (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Seattle, Washington, United States

WongDoody - FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES @ WONGDOODY

WongDoody

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Lead Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Singularity 6 - Senior/Staff Game Engineer

Singularity 6

United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Life church - Core Services Staff Engineer

Life church

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
WebFX - Jr. Internet Marketing Specialist

WebFX

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Lionsgate Games - Manager, Social Media Theatrical Marketing

Lionsgate Games

Santa Monica, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
PlayStation Global - Encounter Designer (Contract)

PlayStation Global

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
ByteDance - Senior Site Reliability Engineer, ML System

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
IGT - Lottery Field Service Technician I-(Austin,TX )

IGT

Texas, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior High-Performance ASIC Timing Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Monetization Jobs

ByteDance - Relational Database Intern

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago
OUTFIT7 - Ad Monetization Specialist

OUTFIT7

Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
ByteDance - Livestream Campaign Operations Manager - Philippines

ByteDance

Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Backend Software Engineer - Security Engineering

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Music Partnerships & Licensing Manager - SoundOn

ByteDance

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (On-Site)
1 Week ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist, Foundation Model, Music Intelligence

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Product Manager, LLM Data Acquisition and Production

ByteDance

Singapore (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Frameplay - Technical Account Manager

Frameplay

California, United States (Remote)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Software Engineer Graduate (Multi Cloud CDN) - 2025 Start (BS/MS)

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
ByteDance - Machine Learning Engineer, SMB

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Where imagination meets innovation, delivering limitless gaming experiences.

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)

Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (On-Site)

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)

Singapore (On-Site)

Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by ByteDance

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug