Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Backend
Core
Design and maintain robust backend services for dynamic video packaging, manifest generation, and DRM workflows to deliver high-quality adaptive bitrate streams to millions of concurrent Sling TV viewers.
Role type
Senior IC backend software engineer (streaming media)
Builds
Resilient streaming services, DRM integrations, and SSAI systems for Sling TV
Domain
Media streaming, cloud infrastructure, digital rights management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Go, Python, Rust, C++, adaptive bitrate streaming, HLS, MPEG-DASH, DRM (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady), distributed systems, observability (Grafana, Dynatrace, NewRelic), AI tool integration
Preferred skills
AWS Elemental Media Services, GCP, generative AI for development/debugging
Responsibilities
Design and deploy high-performance server-side and client-side ad insertion (SSAI) systems; implement secure end-to-end DRM workflows; resolve production incidents and lead root cause analyses; optimize streaming quality and monetization workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
