Software Engineering Architect
Wowza Media Systems is currently seeking a Software Engineering Architect to work with Wowza teams around the world building and deliver our leading live streaming platform to tens of thousands of global customers. The ideal candidate will have a track record of building top performing, innovative engineering solutions that create lasting business value. You will work closely with development and product organizations to architect solutions that enable high-performance streaming video and audio delivery at scale.
What you will do:
- Partner closely with development, senior product management, architecture, information security & infrastructure teams to deliver software & technology products that meet functional & non-functional requirements & produce desired business outcomes.
- Advise senior product management on technology specific aspects of product strategy development & adopt emerging technology appropriate to stated goals.
- Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of application solutions across several teams within a large organization.
- Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development.
- Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape sound architectural decisions.
- Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level architecture & design.
- Draft, review & maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications & other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development.
- Interact with & present to senior engineering & product management with the presence to influence & drive the decision makers to a solution.
- Identify key technology overlaps & gaps; formulate strategies to optimize technology spend.
- Provide technical leadership to ensure clarity between ongoing projects & the strategic objectives of the company.
- Assess emerging technologies & make appropriate recommendations based on business needs.
- Mentor team members in software development principles, patterns, processes & practices.
The ideal candidate would have:
- Foundational understanding of video streaming and the products they support along with practical knowledge with one or more of the common streaming protocols - RTMP, RTSP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF-HLS, WebRTC, SRT
- 7+ years experience in software/infrastructure development with emphasis on utilizing design patterns & architectural principles to ensure timely delivery of quality solutions
- Prior experience taking a lead role in the successful delivery of complex software & automation systems
- Prior experience integrating open-source technologies in high volume production environments with strong knowledge of Agile methodology
- Prior experience developing/architecting public cloud-hosted backend services with Oracle/AWS/Azure/GCP
- Prior experience developing APIs, redundant and highly available systems
- Prior experience with Docker and deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters
- Prior experience with relational databases such as MySQL, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL
- Prior experience creating and documenting public REST APIs and SDKs
- Prior experience with a variety of relevant technologies, including Java, C, C++, C#, HTML5 and CSS, JavaScript and JSON, jQuery, XML, Rust, YAML, Python
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer science or another related technical field
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $175,000 - $200,000
- Bonus Eligible
The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of our salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate's qualifications, skills, and competencies. The salary is one component of our total compensation package for employees.
Wowza offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance available 1st day of employment
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(k) with strong company match
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
- Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Parental Leave
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Who We Are:
Wowza Media Systems is a Colorado-based, globally-known leader in video streaming software solutions. Wowza's software enables its customers to deliver high-fidelity video streams from any source to any destination, reliably at large scale and with low latency. Wowza's solutions are implemented by tens of thousands of customers in more than 100 countries, across education, healthcare, enterprise, gaming, fitness, auction, e-commerce, and government applications. Founded nearly fifteen years ago, Wowza is backed by private equity firm Clearhaven Partners.
Why Work for Wowza:
Join a fast-paced, private equity-backed Colorado software company sitting at the intersection of mission critical video streaming applications. Wowza has long standing reputations for technical prowess and consistent innovation and has been a consistently growing company. In addition, Wowza's team works to connect the larger community with our passion for tech. From live-streaming graduation ceremonies for local schools to helping parents monitor their children in the NICU, employees can cultivate the same creative energy that first brought the company to life. Our employees are encouraged to take ownership of their role and coworkers are happy to help one another along their video journey. We have a brand-new company headquarters office as well as remote employees across the US and around the globe. Our Denver-area employees work in a flexible-hybrid environment allowing for flexibility and work-life balance tailored to each individual Wowzan.