Junior Software Engineer
Wowza Media Systems is looking for an innovative and motivated Junior Software Engineer to work on our flagship Wowza Streaming Cloud service. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all people to thrive in.
Wowza Streaming Cloud is a service within the Wowza platform that allows customers to ingest a video stream and send it to viewers at scale with a variety of codecs and streaming technologies.
Wowza Streaming Cloud runs at scale. On a typical day this last summer, we saw 2.5 million API requests, and over 14,000 video transcoder starts which streamed 8374.5 hours of video (348 days worth), which generated 127 TB of data, and over 1.25 billion lines of Akamai log data. Wowza Streaming Cloud is a highly reliable service, and our customers depend on it to reliably stream events.
What you will be doing:
- Designing, developing, testing, training and production customer support.
- Participation in cross-functional projects.
- Writing high quality code, participating in code reviews and creating high quality documentation supporting the design/coding tasks.
- Participating in internal projects that help scale the organization, implement best practices, and improve our methodology.
- Analyzing and addressing defects identified by QA and tech support.
- Filing patents as appropriate.
Technologies we currently use:
- - Ruby on Rails
- - Elixir
- - Java
- - Kubernetes/Docker (as well as Helm, Rancher, CircleCI)
- - Varnish
- - Elastic Search
- - Restful & GraphQL API's
- - SQL
- - Multiple clouds (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
- - Streaming video technologies (such as H.264 and HLS)
- - CDNs (Akamai, Fastly)
- - Agile/Scrum
- - SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- - Devops
Processes we currently use
This is a high visibility software engineering position where you can see the impact of your work. Wowza Streaming Cloud is undergoing rapid growth, and you success can lead to growth and a larger position in the organization. The global video streaming market is valued at $36 billion in 2019, and gaining experience in video streaming is a valuable career skill. Wowza is an established leader in this space and is growing fast.
Who We Are
Wowza Media Systems is a streaming software, cloud services, and hardware provider aimed at powering live streaming for today’s most innovative companies. We frequent Streaming Media’s list of Companies That Matter Most in Online Video and Readers’ Choice Awards, as well as Built in Colorado’s list of Best Medium Workplaces (with a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor).
Cofounders David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good first set out to create cool stuff with like-minded people in 2005. In the fourteen years that have followed, Wowza’s become the gold standard for streaming. One third of content delivery networks (CDNs) have Wowza’s technology built in and more than 35,000 organizations across the globe have powered their streaming with Wowza.
With adoption rates exploding, use cases proliferating, and video quality increasing, the streaming industry’s influence on everyday life continues to grow. And when it comes to live video, one thing rings true: If you can dream it, the experts at Wowza can help you build it.
Why Work for Wowza
Wowza’s global team is headquartered in the foothills of Colorado, with plenty of parking and where the deer, elk, and buffalo roam. Generous PTO and paid holidays, a healthy work-life-balance, and a 401K match that vests immediately are among the many reasons we love working here.
The tight-knit crew benefits from a dog-friendly workplace, unlimited snacks, catered lunches, holiday parties, and more. Employees are encouraged to take ownership of their role with limited oversight — and coworkers are happy to help one another out.
Wowza’s team also works to connect the larger community with our passion for tech. From live-streaming graduation ceremonies for local high schools to participating in events like SheTech, employees are able to cultivate the same creative energy that first brought the company to life.
Wowza Media Systems is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all people to thrive in.