The RoleAt
Zattoo we are building and operating on one of the most sophisticated
video backends on the planet: we encode hundreds of 24/7 live TV
channels (including the most popular TV stations in Europe and the US),
we store millions of hours of content and deliver tens of millions of
hours of streaming video to our customers every month. Our systems cover
the whole chain from ingesting to encoding/transcoding, storing,
packaging, securing and delivering video content. This infrastructure
serves linear and non linear video data on a multi-Tbps scale.
All
this is envisioned, built and maintained by a small team of expert
video and streaming engineers. As a member of that team you are keeping
our video backend up to date by maintaining existing components and
implementing improvements. There are lots of exciting topics on the
horizon (UHD/HDR, low latency streaming, HTTP/2, content aware encoding,
AV1, etc) which will be part of your work. You should bring your own
ideas on how to further optimize the architecture and help extending the
capabilities of our system every day. You should be curious about the
inner works of video encoding and streaming and be able to think and
operate at scale.
The Tasks
- Become a part of the core team that maintains, extends and improves our video backend based on state of the art technology
- Collaborate with a highly skilled and passionate team of multi-national engineers to build and operate our video services
What we expect from you
- Expert knowledge in C or C++ programming
- Experience with programming in Python or Go
- Experience with video and audio encoding (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC...) or streaming (HLS, MPEG-DASH...) technologies
- Experience in development and support of production systems used in a 24x7 operations environment
- In-depth knowledge of open source tools like ffmpeg, vlc, libav
- Excellent understanding of operating system / Linux fundamentals
- Experience in working with networking protocols (such as TCP, TLS, HTTP/2)
- Experience
diagnosing and troubleshooting complex systems using test tools,
network management systems and error reporting systems
- Fluent verbal and written English language skills
- Bonus:
- Experience in analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, stability, reliability, and performance of CDN infrastructure
- Having contributed to open source projects related to media playback or streaming
- Experience with Hollywood grade DRM systems, i.e. Playready, Widevine and Fairplay
- Experience with NoSQL / distributed data stores
- Network know how, ideally as certified CCNA/CCNP
What's in it for you?
- Flexible work schedules
- Cool and comfortable offices
- Relaxed atmosphere, no dress-code
- Working with an awesome product
- Motivated and international team
- 🍺, 🏓, ⚽️ and 🕺💃
We are Zattoo
At
Zattoo we want to create a new TV experience, independent from
location, time and device. Since our start in 2006, we bring a huge
selection of sport events, movies and TV series to the favourite devices
of our users. In addition, our B2B team delivers TV and VOD solutions
to cable operators, internet service providers and many others, thus
positioning Zattoo as a top notch technology partner.
We
have built a great team that defines and develops the TV experience of
the future together. We treat each other with respect and pull on one
string to make our vision reality. Flat hierarchies and open
communication enable us to cooperate transparently and to act fast. At
Zattoo we can be ourselves and simply do what we are best at.