Lead Streaming Video Engineer [29649]

Who We Are: We’re Media Engineering. If it involves a media feature – including video uploading, downloading, playback, live streaming, audio-video calling, audio and video Spaces, images – we build it. Our backend services run in AWS and on-prem. They are written in Golang or Scala with core media processing components in C/C++. Our remit includes

• Services for media ingest, processing, CDN origin, call signaling, webRTC.
• APIs for media features, metadata, lifecycle, metrics …
• User experience across all client surfaces that involve media.
• End-to-end media quality and performance.
• Scaling to handle concurrent audiences of millions.

Who You Are: We are hiring at all levels, but there are a few candidate archetype basis dimensions. One knows how to build and operate backend services at scale. Another knows media processing in C/C++. A third is deep experience in end-to-end media quality and performance, someone who makes ABR work right, gets the video to start in 200 ms, and get the live stream to look good from a Cybertruck driving through Baja. What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate on building and operating services at scale, ensuring seamless performance for concurrent audiences of millions.
• Contribute to media processing pipelines in C/C++, the core components that drive our media services.
• Iteratively improve end-to-end media quality and performance.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in building and operating services at scale.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with media processing pipelines in C/C++.
• Extensive experience ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance.
• Acronyms you know all about: H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, moq, RTP, RTMP, HLS, HDR, DRM.
• Alternative acronyms and tech you know all about: CRUD, Redis, DynamoDb, S3, Route53, GraphQL.

Base Salary Range: $127,000 to $297,000 + Equity