Responsibilities

• Research, development and implementation of video player applications for adaptive bit-rate video ecosystems
• Lead the video player software development team, and direct vendors and/or contractors.
• Complex algorithm development and coding for playback and manipulation of video, including ad insertion.
• System development, configuration and deployment of HTTP and Proxy Servers such as Apache Traffic Server, Nginx, Varnish, Squid, etc.
• Architecture, development, engineering and testing of complex IP video delivery system utilizing Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Web Server technologies.
• Develop and promote industry leading standards
• Assist with writing formal requirements and specifications documents; drive vendors to develop, integrate and test hardware/software; building and documenting solutions.
• Maintains communication of project statuses and drives for continued improvement in quality and availability of each the systems and product.
• Work jointly with the Product and Technology development teams to innovate, integrate and identify/resolve issues.
• Design product instrumentation and test automation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience software video coding in intermediate level languages such as C, C++, as well as higher level languages such as Go.
• Deep understanding of video encoding, decoding, and encryption.
• Understanding and previous use of direct memory access.
• Experience with RDK or Broadcom Nexus is a plus
• Knowledge of adaptive bitrate video, including HLS and MPEG-DASH.
• Experience working with JSON and XML, web service tools including SOAP and REST, as well as WebSockets.
• Understanding of cloud and object storage, including S3.
• Experience with development and integration of HTTP Server and Proxy technologies such as HAProxy, Apache Traffic Server, Nginx, Varnish, Squid, etc.
• Experience with agile software development practices.
• Deep knowledge of network technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, Anycast, etc.
• Experience with development and support of large scale production systems working within a 24x7 operations environment.
• Experience with rapid development and deployment environments that practice continuous integration and development, Agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to work independently but also within a team environment including being technical lead.
• Creative problem-solving skills while working in a fast-paced, start-up environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Ability to handle several tasks, be organized, make decisions, and work efficiently and effectively under deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of industry related engineering experience.