Streaming Media Engineer
Pac 12 Networks
San Francisco, CAThis was removed by the employer on 6/25/2018 4:12:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Join the Pac-12 and help lead the development of Pac-12 Networks video streaming experiences. As Streaming Media Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence product functionality, architecture, systems, and evolve our streaming media products. In this hands-on role, you will be a full-stack streaming media engineer responsible for collaborating with and supporting teams across the organization to ensure a stellar playback experience.
We are focused on data-driven products and experimentation for swift learning. Engineers on our team are committed to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and delivering quality products.
Responsibilities
• Encoding - Deploy and manage cloud-based and on-premises encoders for VOD and Live streaming.
• CDN - Management implementation of multiple CDN providers, optimizing for performance and economics.
• Playback - Ensure Pac-12 Networks content conforms to requirements and constraints of our web and mobile video players, and partner playback systems.
• Infrastructure - Partner with Pac-12 Networks' systems team to develop automated deployment and configuration management solutions.
• Monitoring - Implement proactive monitoring solutions, managing to uptime and performance KPIs .
• Support - Serve as primary escalation for all media streaming issues. Collaborate with Technical Operations and Maintenance teams to devise multi-tier support procedures.
Qualifications
• 2 years of experience working with IP protocols (http, TS via multicast, RTMP, RTSP) for live streaming delivery over the leading content distribution networks (e.g., Akamai, Cloudfront, Fastly, etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of media streaming protocols, codecs, and transports/container formats:
• HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), DASH, etc
• MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, AAC, AC3, MP4, MPEG-2 TS, HEVC, AV1, etc
• 2 years experience with technical event support & broadcast equipment operation experience in live event environment.
• 1 years experience working with media formats for mobile, tablet, desktop and OTT devices.
• Experience with projects that have been subject to the unpredictability and variability of the internet (e.g., packet loss, latency, bandwidth estimation, FEC).
• Solid understanding of HTML5-based and mobile platform video playback technologies.
• Experience with JavaScript & CSS in multi-browser environments is a plus.
• Understanding of HTTP/S.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills using network analysis tools such as WireShark, etc.
• Familiarity with CDN architectures (caches, origin servers, proxies, etc) is a plus.
• Broad scripting experience (Bash, Perl, Python, or AppleScript) is preferable.
• Good familiarity with code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with a professional and credible demeanor.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.