Principal Software Engineer

About the position

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer who’s passionate about streaming video technology down to the MP4 atom level. You’re an expert in Go, cloud-based scalable infrastructure, and modern design principles. You’ll lead and deliver complex projects, mentor engineers, and build high-performance services that power low-latency, high-throughput environments! Scalability, reliability, and observability are at the core of everything we build!

Responsibilities

• Experience writing specifications and technical documents, including reviewing them with partners and revising as appropriate.
• Work well with partners across the organization, including at the specification phase.
• Carry a project from inception through specification and spec-reviews all the way through to release and initial post-release monitoring.
• Be a domain expert on fragmented and non-fragmented MP4 files, Transport Stream vs CMAF, HLS vs DASH and manifests in general, various DRM Technologies including Widevine/Fairplay/PlayReady, SSAI, CSAI and DAI.
• Optimize streaming video delivery for the target device.
• Full comprehension of networking, distributed systems and IaC, including TCP/IP networking, DNS, TerraForm, Kubernetes and Docker.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years professional software development experience.
• Expert in Go, including multi-threading, memory management and context handling.
• Strong in SQL-based databases.
• Experience integrating FFMPEG into products and workflows.
• Open-Source development experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Disability benefits.
• Tuition assistance program.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Bonus eligibility.