Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Video Platform

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support video features across the video pipeline stack, including live video ingestion, transcoding, integration, storage, and playback at scale.
• Work on our backend video platform written in TypeScript, providing APIs for other teams to build customer experiences.
• Collaborate with mobile, web, machine learning/computer vision, and platform teams on multi-faceted projects to improve user experiences and outcomes.
• Review and provide feedback on designs and code/PRs.
• Help build internal SDKs, frameworks, and tooling to enable product teams to easily integrate video into the product.
• Develop real-time monitoring and measurement systems for operational workflows in the video pipeline, including troubleshooting tools.
• Support video workflows through occasional on-call rotation and assist in troubleshooting production issues.
• Participate in interviewing and onboarding other software engineers in the video and live-streaming space.

Requirements

• Background in video and audio streaming with a focus on live-streaming of user-generated content.
• Understanding of audio and video packaging principles, codecs, and associated tools such as MPEG Video, MPEG-2 TS, HLS, DASH, H.264 AVC, H.265 HEVC, VP9, AV1, VVC, RTMP/enhanced RTMP, SRT, FFMPEG, and DRM.
• Hands-on experience designing and building live and video on demand streaming workflows and exposure to video technologies around mobile broadcast, ingest, transcoding, storage, and playback at scale.
• 5+ years of experience coding in languages used in the video space such as C#, Golang, C++, Rust, or Python, and experience with higher-level languages like Node/TypeScript, React, Kotlin, or Swift.
• Experience with mobile video broadcasting and optimizing streaming quality across various devices and network conditions.
• Hands-on experience with one or more video players.
• Experience designing, building, or connecting internal APIs/SDKs across the stack.
• Willingness to mentor and train other teams through documentation and live sessions.
• Front-end development experience in web, iOS (Swift), or Android (Kotlin).
• Experience supporting scalable video pipelines in cloud environments (AWS or other).
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.

Nice to Have

• Experience building and supporting scalable video pipelines in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development related to video streaming.
• Experience coding in languages used in the video space such as C#, Golang, C++, Rust, or Python.
• Experience with front-end development in web, iOS (Swift), or Android (Kotlin).
• Ability to create detailed technical documentation.
• Comfort working across multiple technologies and collaborating with diverse teams.

Benefits & Perks

• Work remotely throughout the US or from a modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• Technology stipend of $4,000 every 2 years.
• WFH stipend of $500 annually.
• Learning stipend of $500 annually.
• Monthly wellness, learning, and lifestyle stipends.
• Full health benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Retirement plans (Traditional and Roth 401K) with company match.
• Life insurance (basic, supplemental, dependent).
• Disability leave (short-term and long-term).
• Company paid parental leave (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents, 12 weeks for non-birthing parents).
• Family building benefits through Progyny.
• Employee discount with DICK'S Sporting Goods and related brands.