Are you a Senior Engineer with expertise in Streaming Media and a passion for digital video technologies? Are you a Senior Streaming Media Engineer who is interested in joining one of the premier sports and entertainment enterprises in the world? Are you a Senior Streaming Media Engineer who has extensive experience with Media Source Extension (MSE), OTT streaming experiences and video player frameworks? If you're looking to join one of the premier sports and entertainment enterprises in the world, please continue reading...
I am currently partnered with one of the premier sports and entertainment enterprises to assist in staffing their rapidly expanding media technology organization. I am recruiting for a Senior Streaming Media Engineer who is passionate about building engaging video applications for a massive consumer base.
If you're interested, you'll have the chance to contribute to one of the leading sports and entertainment platforms globally. You'll work on a dynamic platform that covers everything from sports, live content, and video on-demand to other digital properties. The company is experiencing tremendous growth, expanding its already large consumer base, and continually enhancing its portfolio of digital and video products. They're focused on driving new user acquisition, creating stronger brand partnerships, and building an even more massive, unified platform. The work environment is highly flexible, fosters creativity, and gives you a strong voice in the overall development process.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Create large-scale global products for live events, on-demand content, and other video applications.
- Join a team dedicated to solving challenging problems and enhancing digital products for an engaged user experience.
- Design and build complex streaming applications with a focus on performance, scalability, and high reliability.
- Utilize HLS and DASH to deliver high-quality video streaming experiences across web, mobile, and OTT devices.
- Configure and optimize SRT and RTMP for streaming video content.
- Participate in development, cloud architecture, and agile process methodologies.
- Maintain and expand your knowledge of multiple languages, frameworks, tools, devices, and applications.
- Lead and take ownership of critical projects and initiatives.
- Collaborate with a team of extraordinary engineers and streaming media technologists.
- Influence the innovation of video products used by millions of users worldwide.
- Engage in full lifecycle software development: requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
- Help reshape the way content is consumed across various digital platforms.
Skills & Experience Needed:
- 5+ years of experience in streaming media engineering.
- Experience with live and VOD (Video on Demand) streaming media.
- Highly proficient in delivering high-quality video streaming experiences via HLS and/or DASH.
- Highly skilled with one or more video player frameworks; THEO, Mux, Shaka Player, Wowza, Bitmovin, etc.
- Codec implementation experience with AVC and HEVC
- Backend distributed systems development experience.
- Familiarity with Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) platforms and OTT integrations.
- Cloud experience with AWS and/or GCP.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of event-driven systems, patterns, and best practices.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly Terraform.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field.
What is Being Offered:
- Work at the intersection of technology, media, sports, and video entertainment.
- Build upon video streaming platforms and products used on a global scale.
- Hybrid work environment: 3 days in a brand-new, modern office space, 2 days remote.
- Full benefits package: Medical, Dental, and Vision.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible working hours and environment.
- Extensive PTO: Nearly 30 days to start, including personal time off, company holidays, and a year-end break between Christmas and New Year’s.
- 401k plan with matching up to 3%.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Maternity and Paternity leave.
- Exclusive perks for company friends and family.
If you’re a Senior Streaming Media Engineer eager to take the lead in developing a vast array of video media platforms for a top-tier Sports and Entertainment enterprise, please apply today!
