Lead Software Engineer / Architect (multimedia / Video) Job in Kpoint Technologies

Experience 10 12 total years of experience. 5 6 years in video technology.

Job Location Pune

Candidate Location Anywhere

Qualification Engineering Graduate BE, BTech or MCA

Required Skill Set

• Have built and run high-performance distributed systems end to end.
• Proficient in multiple programming languages (Java, Python preferable)
• Understands fundamentals of multimedia streaming technologies. Implemented either adaptive streaming or real-time video communication systems at production scale.
• Real-life experience in building video streaming pipelines with H264, H265, AV1, AAC or similar codecs with various streaming standards.
• Advanced debugging skills for byte-aligned protocols and standards is essential (tcpdump, hexdump etc)
• Well-versed with Linux operating systems.
• Strong understanding of system concepts e.g. networking, multithreading, messaging, caching.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Can explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• Can influence others by articulating the pros and cons of technology decisions.
• Should have owned significant product areas for end-to-end delivery.

Desired Skill Set

• Familiar with cloud-native approaches for building large-scale systems.
• Prior experience with Amazon Web Service or similar public cloud service is highly desired. Understands the concepts of Object store, CDN. Container Management Systems etc.
• Has delivered as part of an agile team using standard CI / CD pipelines
• Used various open-source multimedia projects (Gstreamer, FFmpeg etc) for building production software.
• Prior experience in building HLS / DASH based video distribution systems.
• Understanding of various webrtc based communication stacks.
• Familiar to ML models for video frame analysis (Face, Text etc)
• Understanding of Web Service architecture and HTTP

Relevant Industry Software and IT

Job Description / Responsibilities

• He / She will work on building media systems equivalent to AWS or Azure media services from the ground up.
• He / She will lead the development of software systems for the platform s core video capability. Will make independent decisions and drive implementation of the future technology roadmap.
• He / She will bring in new streaming technology standards to the platform (AV1 codec, Low latency live streaming and similar advanced capabilities).
• He / She will measure, improve and optimize the system throughput to meet both internal and external SLAs.
• He / She will work with a great team of engineers and collaborate within the core video area as well as the adjacent areas of the platform e.g. user management, content catalog, viewership analytics, etc
• He / She must apply natural problem-solving aptitude, independent thinking, and avid curiosity to lead by examples.
• He / She will coach, inspire, enthuse young engineers for contributions in the video platform core, maintain code and system sanity with the close scrutiny of software changes and practices.