Senior Engineer

Primary Skills

- javascript

Specialization

- MERN Fullstack with Microservices: Senior Engineer

Job requirements

- Job Title: Senior Multimedia / Media Engineer (FFmpeg Specialist) Job Summary We are seeking a skilled and technical Multimedia Engineer with deep expertise in FFmpeg and digital media this role you will design build optimize and maintain automated audio and video encoding transcoding and streaming systems. You will work closely with software developers product teams and content operations to ensure high-performance low-latency and cross-platform media delivery. Key Responsibilities Media Pipeline Development: Design implement and maintain scalable video/audio processing and transcoding workflows using FFmpeg and related multimedia frameworks. Encoding & Optimization: Configure and optimize video/audio codecs (e.g. H.264 H.265/HEVC AV1 AAC Opus) for various bitrates resolutions and target devices. Automation & Scripting: Write robust scripts (Python Bash Go etc.) to automate batch processing quality control (QC) and ingestion pipelines. Streaming & Protocols: Work with live and VOD streaming protocols such as HLS DASH RTMP and WebRTC. Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Diagnose and resolve complex multimedia issues related to sync frame drops container formats metadata handling and hardware acceleration (e.g. NVENC Intel QSV VAAPI). Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product QA and frontend/backend engineering teams to integrate media capabilities into core applications and infrastructure. Required Qualifications Technical Experience:



3 years of experience in software engineering broadcast engineering or digital media pipelines. FFmpeg Mastery: Deep hands-on experience using FFmpeg via CLI and C/C or scripting APIs for custom encoding filtering muxing demuxing and transcoding. Format & Codec Knowledge: Solid understanding of digital video/audio standards container formats (MP4 MKV TS MOV) and compression algorithms (H.264 HEVC AV1 VP9). Operating Systems: Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments including shell scripting and server-side deployment. Programming Skills: Experience with at least one scripting or programming language (Python Bash C or JavaScript/) for tool automation. Preferred Qualification Experience with cloud media services (AWS MediaConvert Elemental GCP or Azure Media Services). Knowledge of DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies subtitle/caption handling (WebVTT SRT CEA-708) and metadata standards. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker Kubernetes) in CI/CD environments. BS/MS in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.

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