The SENIOR C++ PLAYBACK ENGINEER will design and develop a native C++ player using
GStreamer which provides encrypted playback on 1 or more Smart TV, Set Top Box, or
Gaming Console platforms.
Responsibilities: Build and maintain C++ based Streaming Video Players to run on Smart TV, Set Top Box, or Gaming Console platforms.Build video player plugins using GStreamerResearch and evaluate potential technical solutionsMake design decisions on video player architectureEnable Microsoft PlayReady, Google Widevine DRM protection for video player pluginsOptimize video playback performance, time-to-first-frame (TTFF)Maintain technical documentationWork and collaborate in teams with engineers, testers, product managers, etc.Work in an Agile, iterative development processCommitting to deliver timely results Qualifications: 7 years of experience in C/C++ programmingExperience in low level native TV platform application development (NDK) such as Roku/FireTV/tvOS/WebTVExperience with projects that target high refresh rate performanceFamiliarity with open source multimedia projects like ffmpeg, Gstreamer, and WebRTCExperience building a streaming video player (in C++ preferred)Strong experience in video streaming protocols such as HLS, Low-Latency HLS, MPEG DASH, CMAF, RTP, RTMP, Timed Metadata (ID3)Familiarity with technologies for developing on Smart TVs, Set Top Boxes, and Gaming Consoles such as Samsung Tizen, Vizio, Hisense, XBOX, PlayStation or othersKnowledge of MultiLingual Text Tracks for Closed Captioning and SubTitle Formats such as WebVTTKnowledge of MultiLingual Audio and Audio Description TracksStrong experience with DRM protection schemes such as MPEG Common Encryption, FairPlay, Widevine, PlayReady.Basic understanding of VOD and linear video workflows using ingest, transmuxing, encoding, SSAI, packaging, and playout.Basic understanding of streaming media in a multi-CDN environment.Strong experience with adaptive bit rate (ABR) ladder algorithms.REST API usage and development.Basic understanding of modern video codecs like HEVC, H.265K, H.264, VP8, VP9, AV1Knowledge of Dolby Vision and HDRStrong experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.Understand how to write clean and testable codeAble to work on a large scope project from start to finishBe capable of being an owner of a specific component or featureFamiliar with Jira, Confluence tools and communicate tasking estimation and progress regularly to a project manager, Scrum MasterUnity is nice to have
