Staff Engineer – HTML5 Video Playback Prototyping
Function: Streaming & Broadcasting
Team: Player Labs / Player Engineering
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Hyderabad, India
About the Role
We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Engineer – HTML5 Video Playback to join our Player Engineering team. This role will focus on designing, prototyping and evaluating advanced browser-based video playback solutions for DAZN’s streaming platform.
You will work closely with video specialists, subject matter experts and engineering teams to solve complex streaming challenges involving HTML5 Video, Media Source Extensions (MSE), DRM/EME, Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR), network performance and playback resiliency.
As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership without direct authority, mentor engineers and influence the technical direction of web playback across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and prototype advanced HTML5-based video playback solutions across web platforms.
• Develop improvements to network handling, ABR algorithms and playback resiliency.




• Build and evaluate solutions using Media Source Extensions (MSE) and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME).
• Experiment with improvements to video playback quality and user experience across different browsers and devices.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for new web playback initiatives.
• Design and evolve reusable SDKs, APIs and platform components consumed by multiple engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex production playback issues across browsers, devices and web architectures.
• Improve performance, reliability and cross-browser compatibility.
• Contribute to DAZN's engineering standards, architecture and technical integrations.
• Work horizontally across Streaming & Broadcasting teams on cross-domain initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Required Experience & Skills
• Strong skilled software eng

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