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 Video Encoding and Streaming
Engineer (f/m/x) you will keep 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.
What you'll do
- 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 you'll bring
- 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
Here’s what we offer you
- Highly motivated, growing, diverse team made up of 26 different nationalities
- Flexible work schedules and options to work from home
- Flat hierarchies and open door policy
- Competitive compensation and vacation entitlement
- Social events ranging from monthly pizza lunches and after work drinks to annual three day off site company meetings
- Free yoga classes, German language classes and health checks
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We are Zattoo
Zattoo
enables our users to view indiscriminately and we reflect that in our
team too. Regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion,
national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected
by law we encourage everyone to apply and will give everyone equal
consideration. We are an equal opportunities employer, join us and help
build a diverse team dedicated to revolutionising the way you watch TV.
You can learn more about us at:
https://zattoo.com