Specialist - System Management

The Job

Seeking an exceptional Senior Software Developer to join our Global Media Engine teams critical video streaming technology initiatives In this pivotal role youll be responsible for architecting and implementing cuttingedge clientside video technologies that power our flagship streaming platform Max Your expertise will drive the entire video delivery ecosystemfrom initial network transmission to final user playbackencompassing sophisticated tasks like video profile optimization digital rights management rendering techniques advanced telemetry and dynamic stream optimization

Youll work closely with crossfunctional teams to design and develop media engine components that interface seamlessly with lowlevel platform systems ensuring an unparalleled streaming experience for millions of global users This is an opportunity to join an innovative team where youll have direct impact on the technical strategies that define nextgeneration video streaming with extensive opportunities to expand your technical skills and own missioncritical features of a worldclass entertainment platform

The Daily

Join a growing team with many opportunities for you to expand your professional and technical skills

Influence the technical agenda for Core Media and own critical features of a product used by millions of customers

Work across teams and disciplines to explore technical solutions and evaluate technical tradeoffs using the latest streaming media technologies and video capabilities

Improve your teams development test and operations practices

Mentor other engineers to help them grow their careers

Use data to solve real world problems and improve customer experience including prioritization of incoming issues reported by customers partners and internal QA

The Essentials

A deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals including algorithms data structures and operating systems

Mastery of webbased media playback technologies including Encrypted Media Extensions EME and Media Source Extensions MSE

Deep experience with media technology eg ExoPlayer AVFoundation HTML5 video

Comprehensive understanding of streaming technologies eg DASH HLS

Expertise in DRM systems eg FairPlay Widevine PlayReady

Proficiency across device platforms eg Android iOS tvOS settop box

Advanced video telemetry skills

Be a selfstarter that can independently solve complex engineering problems

Experience with streaming video delivery or playback

Passion for software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write and a desire to become an expert in clientside video technology

Seek selfimprovement and adapt to suggestions and feedback

Hold yourself and your team to high standards while maintaining respectful relationships

Ability to provide periodic oncall support for critical emergent customerfacing issues

BS degree in Computer Science or a related field with 5 years of relevant experience

The Nice to Haves

3 years in software engineering on shipped consumer products or platforms

Advanced research or contributions to emerging video streaming technologies

Experience with cuttingedge media delivery platforms

Contributions to opensource media technology projects