We are seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer (6+ years experience) with strong expertise in Go (Golang) to build and optimize software running on large-scale edge appliances deployed in theatre networks.
The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, system-level programming, storage, and performance optimization, especially in environments with network variability and hardware constraints.
Key ResponsibilitiesCore Development (Go & Edge Systems)- Design and develop high-performance services in Go (Golang) running on edge appliances.
- Build reliable systems for content download, validation, and duplication across devices.
- Handle intermittent connectivity, retries, and fault tolerance in real-world network conditions.
- Debug and resolve complex issues across distributed appliance environments.
- Develop software that interacts closely with OS, disk, and hardware layers.
- Optimize disk I/O, file handling, and storage utilization for large media/content files.
- Work with file systems such as XFS, ZFS, EXT4 for performance and reliability.
- Ensure system stability during OS upgrades, hardware differences, and field deployments.
- Build and maintain systems operating across a 10K+ fleet.
- Implement efficient content distribution, synchronization, and replication mechanisms.
- Ensure data consistency and integrity across distributed nodes.
- Design for scalability, observability, and remote operability of edge devices.
- Integrate appliance workflows with AWS services (S3, EC2, CloudFront, CloudWatch).
- Build efficient and reliable data transfer pipelines from cloud to edge.
- Optimize download throughput, cost, and reliability across large-scale deployments.
- Ensure secure content delivery and storage.
- Optimize system performance for large file transfers, duplication, and storage operations.
- Monitor and tune CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network utilization.
- Identify bottlenecks and improve throughput, latency, and resilience.
- Build systems that can self-heal and recover gracefully from failures.
- Develop tools for deployment, monitoring, and debugging of remote appliances.
- Implement logging, metrics, and alerting for fleet-wide visibility.
- Build automation using Go, Python, or Shell scripting.
- Integrate with CI/CD pipelines for reliable releases.
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Strong hands-on experience in Go (Golang)
- Solid understanding of operating systems, file systems, and storage concepts
- Experience building or working with distributed systems at scale
- Hands-on experience with AWS (S3, EC2, CloudFront, etc.)
- Strong debugging skills in production and distributed environments
- Experience working on edge devices / on-prem systems
- Experience with container orchestration
- Familiarity with content delivery, media systems, or large file workflows
- Exposure to network variability handling (low bandwidth, intermittent connectivity)
- Experience with performance tuning and system-level optimization
- Work on real-world distributed systems deployed across different locations
- Solve challenges involving large-scale content distribution and edge computing
- Own critical systems that directly impact content delivery in theatre environments
- Opportunity to work across cloud + edge + system-level layers
Skills Required
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Strong hands-on experience in Go (Golang)
- Solid understanding of operating systems, file systems, and storage concepts
- Experience building or working with distributed systems at scale
- Hands-on experience with AWS (S3, EC2, CloudFront, etc.)
- Strong debugging skills in production and distributed environments
What We Do
Qube Cinema is a provider of end-to-end movie technology and solutions. The company draws on decades of experience in cinema and provides a seamless environment for exhibitors, filmmakers and post-production companies with products and services that are flexible, reliable and cost-effective. Qube’s products and services are well established globally, with thousands of installations serving 136 countries across the world. Qube Cinema has been a leading provider of technology in the film, video and audio domains and has pioneered several technology revolutions over the last four decades. The company was instrumental in bringing computer-based digital non-linear editing to India with Avid Technology, transforming the industry and forever changing the way Indian film and television programs were edited. The company subsequently brought digital cinema sound to India with DTS and helped Indian cinema leapfrog a generation, form mono sound directly to digital. In 2005, Qube Cinema became one of the pioneers of the digital cinema transformation worldwide with its Qube digital cinema server and QubeMaster Pro digital cinema mastering products. Qube continues to innovate with Qube Wire, a truly unique self-service digital cinema content delivery and key management service that has quickly become the market leader. The company is also setting up virtual production facilities and has multiple other pathbreaking services under development — all with the aim of bringing to life the passion of every storyteller, to engage, entertain and enlighten the world
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