Software Engineer, Playback Technology

Posted 9 Hours Ago
Los Angeles, CA
Entry level
Sports
We are the only major sports league to have its tech team 100% in-house.
The Role
The Software Engineer will design and optimize streaming experiences for web, mobile, and living room devices, participate in all software development lifecycle stages, and collaborate to improve video streaming initiatives. Responsibilities include maintaining high-quality stream delivery and writing modular, clean code.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Media Technology team at Major League Baseball designs, develops and operates a global streaming platform that delivers baseball to every corner of the planet. Our award-winning ecosystem helps support all 30 MLB clubs, 120 MiLB teams, and enables millions of fans to access the game wherever they are. 

Located in our Los Angeles, CA office, we are seeking talented engineers to join our pioneering team to craft the future of sports entertainment. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with other world-class engineers, product developers, and designers to contribute and influence products across the baseball and streaming industry.

Responsibilities

  • Design and optimize streaming experiences across web, mobile, and living room devices
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
  • Collaborate across teams, including front-end engineering, product and product management, backend services, and operations, to contribute to our video streaming initiatives and drive technical excellence and product development
  • Take ownership of streaming products and develop tools to continuously improve stream quality/delivery
  • Write clean, concise, modular code that is easily testable and scalable

Qualifications and Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Proficiency in professional software development processes and tools, including Agile methodologies, IDEs, source control, CI/CD pipelines, and test frameworks
  • Experience working alongside senior engineers to produce and support large-scale production systems
  • Exposure to Event Driven systems, patterns, and best practices
  • Operational experience with containerized cloud platforms (Docker/Kubernetes and GCP/AWS) and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
  • Experience working with live/VOD streaming media
  • Exposure to OTT technologies/specifications and streaming media standards
  • Experience with video streaming technologies (HLS), video QoE metrics, ABR algorithms, and video player frameworks.
  • Familiarity with analytics platforms and a demonstrable ability to drive decisions using data.
  • A track record of success in a software company, exceptional organizational skills, and a deep understanding of Media Player and Video Player technologies
  • Exposure to Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) platforms and OTT integrations

Pay Range: $130,000 - $155,000

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related aspects of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees.

Top MLB Perks & Benefits:

  • 100% Employer Paid Medical/Dental/Vision Premiums

  • Company Contributed 401K Plan

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Access to Free Tickets to Baseball Games & MLB.TV

  • Discounts at MLB Store | MLBShop.com

  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

  • Onsite/Online Training & Development Programs

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Adoption Reimbursement

  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance

  • Pet Insurance

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

California based applicants have certain rights under California law. Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.

If you are interested in joining our team and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at: [email protected]

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below! 

Top Skills

Agile
Software Development
The Company
New York, NY
0 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1903

What We Do

MLB is in the business of producing and showcasing human performance. Our core product consists of those who are the best at what they do. And for that we have a responsibility to provide the highest quality product that we can, at every level. Our fans and our communities deserve nothing less.

Why Work With Us

For those who are ready to join the Major Leagues of their careers, we take the same approach that we do with our players. We strive to engineer experiences that empower our own “workforce athletes” to be at their best. Step up to the plate and let's build the next chapter of Major League Baseball, together.

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