Summary:
The Video Software Engineer is responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining C360’s real-time video pipeline, which powers mission-critical services for our broadcast, league, and streaming partners. This role contributes to the full lifecycle of a cutting-edge video platform, from architecture and development through deployment and operational support, while working across the video processing stack, including real-time image processing, accelerated decoding and encoding, and video transport technologies. The ideal candidate is a solutions-oriented engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments while maintaining a high standard of engineering excellence. They bring experience across the software development lifecycle, understand how to select the right technologies for the problem at hand, and ideally have familiarity with the sports, broadcast, streaming media, and cloud software industries. Success in this role requires strong collaboration skills, adaptability, and the ability to work effectively within an agile, cross-functional engineering team.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate within an agile team to build and deploy distributed, robust, low-latency video pipelines for both on-premises and cloud deployment.
- Participate in architectural, design, and product sessions
- Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies
- Exemplify excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor
technical communications to any audience deftly - Push the limits, try new technologies, take calculated risks, swing for the fences, and proactively search for the best solutions and ideas in the marketplace
- Occasionally offer on-call support to field teams (evenings and weekends)
- Accurately document work, both in code and schematic form
Experience:
- BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical / Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or the equivalent.
- Experience with both Windows 10/11 64-bit and Linux development environments
- Significant experience in C++ and Rust
- Knowledge of AWS cloud services/tooling and technology (S3, EC2, etc.)
- Knowledge of multimedia frameworks, such as GStreamer
- Knowledge of video codecs, with a main focus on HEVC, as well as an understanding of streaming technologies and transports (e.g., MPEG-TS, SRT, HLS, webRTC)
- Expertise in mission-critical, high-availability hardware/software
- Knowledge of NVIDIA GPU ecosystem, including CUDA and the NVIDIA Video Codec SDK
- Knowledge of SMPTE broadcast standards and technologies
- Video/Image processing knowledge, demosaicing, denoising, color space conversion, image enhancement
- Experience working with agile methodologies
- Knowledge of best practices for code management, version control, and deployment
- You possess the ability to work autonomously, but also as part of a team.
- You can quickly shift work priorities to accommodate client needs.
Bonus Experience:
- Experience with Python or C#
- Experience with MongoDB
- Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based workflows
- Knowledge of AI/ML methods for video enhancement
- Knowledge of machine vision standards and transports
- Familiarity with ZMQ or other message bus (e.g., Kafka) software
- General knowledge of camera technology
- Knowledge of broadcast tools such as vector scopes, RCP/CCU
- Experience with OEM SDI output cards and APIs from AJA, Blackmagic Design, etc.
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment. This requirement is in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local labor laws. Cosm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent
- Experience with Windows 10/11 64-bit and Linux development environments
- Significant experience with C++
- Significant experience with Rust
- Knowledge of AWS cloud services and tooling, including S3 and EC2
- Knowledge of multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer
- Knowledge of video codecs, especially HEVC
- Understanding of streaming technologies and transports, including MPEG-TS, SRT, HLS, and WebRTC
- Expertise in mission-critical, high-availability hardware and software
- Knowledge of the NVIDIA GPU ecosystem, including CUDA and the NVIDIA Video Codec SDK
- Knowledge of SMPTE broadcast standards and technologies
- Video and image processing knowledge, including demosaicing, denoising, color space conversion, and image enhancement
- Experience working with agile methodologies
- Knowledge of code management, version control, and deployment best practices
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
- Ability to shift work priorities to accommodate client needs
- Experience with Python or C#
- Experience with MongoDB
- Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based workflows
- Knowledge of AI/ML methods for video enhancement
- Knowledge of machine vision standards and transports
- Familiarity with ZMQ or message bus software such as Kafka
- General knowledge of camera technology
- Knowledge of broadcast tools such as vector scopes and RCP/CCU
- Experience with OEM SDI output cards and APIs from AJA, Blackmagic Design, or similar vendors
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