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Software Engineer (L5) - Video Algorithm Systems
Netflix - Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
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Software Engineer (L5) - Video Algorithm Systems
Los Gatos, California, United States of America Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. The Challenge
At Netflix, we are passionate about delivering the best viewing experience to our members, no matter what they watch, where they watch, or how they watch. This means that we need every bit of our video streams to count and our challenges include constantly improving on our video encoding and processing algorithms and workflows in a scalable, efficient manner. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding to help us address these challenges, as well as drive strategic research in the field. The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding: You will be responsible for designing and prototyping encoding algorithms and software workflows that can improve the quality or reduce the bandwidth requirements of our video streams. You will study current workflow and codec implementations and find areas for improvement in quality and speed and take your innovations from paper to product by collaborating with other software engineers and scientists in the team. You will have the opportunity to conduct research on next-generation image and video coding, collaborate with academic research groups and participate in research conferences. You will get to work on exciting video encoding problems while knowing that you are making Netflix videos smoother, crisper and more engaging for millions of people worldwide. About You
You are a Senior Software Engineer who: thrives in a fast-paced environment works effectively with cross functional teams constantly seeks to improve yourself and the team has excellent software development skills and a successful track record in Video Algorithms and Coding research or adjacent fields (Computer Graphics, Video Processing, Computer Vision, Video Quality) with publications, tech-blogs and/or contributions to products has the ability to see areas for improvements in existing systems, and is capable of conceiving and executing solutions for such improvements is excited to apply your expertise to a product that touches millions of lives everyday Minimum Qualifications
5+ years experience in multimedia software development, with excellent debugging and problem solving skills. BS in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent. MS or PhD a plus. Shown proficiency in C++ or Java and object-oriented programming. Solid understanding of video compression and processing, including codec standards such as H.264/AVC, HEVC and VP9. Strong background in image and signal processing, both algorithm design and implementation (for example: image scaling, deinterlacing, frame rate conversion, artifact detection etc.). Experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud-computing Bonus Points
Experience with software performance optimization Involvement in open-source multimedia projects (such as ffmpeg, x264, avisynth, webm) Experience with image and video quality assessment To learn more about our team, check out the following articles:
Los Gatos, California, United States of America Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. The Challenge
At Netflix, we are passionate about delivering the best viewing experience to our members, no matter what they watch, where they watch, or how they watch. This means that we need every bit of our video streams to count and our challenges include constantly improving on our video encoding and processing algorithms and workflows in a scalable, efficient manner. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding to help us address these challenges, as well as drive strategic research in the field. The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding: You will be responsible for designing and prototyping encoding algorithms and software workflows that can improve the quality or reduce the bandwidth requirements of our video streams. You will study current workflow and codec implementations and find areas for improvement in quality and speed and take your innovations from paper to product by collaborating with other software engineers and scientists in the team. You will have the opportunity to conduct research on next-generation image and video coding, collaborate with academic research groups and participate in research conferences. You will get to work on exciting video encoding problems while knowing that you are making Netflix videos smoother, crisper and more engaging for millions of people worldwide. About You
You are a Senior Software Engineer who: thrives in a fast-paced environment works effectively with cross functional teams constantly seeks to improve yourself and the team has excellent software development skills and a successful track record in Video Algorithms and Coding research or adjacent fields (Computer Graphics, Video Processing, Computer Vision, Video Quality) with publications, tech-blogs and/or contributions to products has the ability to see areas for improvements in existing systems, and is capable of conceiving and executing solutions for such improvements is excited to apply your expertise to a product that touches millions of lives everyday Minimum Qualifications
5+ years experience in multimedia software development, with excellent debugging and problem solving skills. BS in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent. MS or PhD a plus. Shown proficiency in C++ or Java and object-oriented programming. Solid understanding of video compression and processing, including codec standards such as H.264/AVC, HEVC and VP9. Strong background in image and signal processing, both algorithm design and implementation (for example: image scaling, deinterlacing, frame rate conversion, artifact detection etc.). Experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud-computing Bonus Points
Experience with software performance optimization Involvement in open-source multimedia projects (such as ffmpeg, x264, avisynth, webm) Experience with image and video quality assessment To learn more about our team, check out the following articles: