Senior C++ Developer

November 21

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SOUTHWORKS

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SaaS • Enterprise • Artificial Intelligence

SOUTHWORKS is a premium software engineering partner specializing in nearshore development with over 20 years of expertise. Operating across the US, Latin America, and Europe, they offer flexible and transparent software development services known as 'Development on Demand'. SOUTHWORKS focuses on providing world-class engineering talent in short-term, flexible contracts, allowing clients to scale their projects quickly and predictably. With expertise in areas such as cloud video engineering, data & AI, and emerging technologies, SOUTHWORKS serves clients across various industries by delivering high-profile, complex projects without surprises and with a focus on value addition.

201 - 500 employees

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• Build and maintain C++ based Streaming Video Players to run on Smart TV, Set Top Box, or Gaming Console platforms. • Build video player plugins using GStreamer • Research and evaluate potential technical solutions • Make design decisions on video player architecture • Enable Microsoft PlayReady, Google Widevine DRM protection for video player plugins • Optimize video playback performance, time-to-first-frame (TTFF) • Maintain technical documentation • Work and collaborate in teams with engineers, testers, product managers, etc. • Work in an Agile, iterative development process • Committing to deliver timely results

🎯 Requirements

• 7 years of experience in C/C++ programming • Experience in low level native TV platform application development (NDK) such as • Roku/FireTV/tvOS/WebTV • Experience with projects that target high refresh rate performance • Familiarity with open-source multimedia projects like \mpeg, Gstreamer, and WebRTC • Experience building a streaming video player (in C++ preferred) • Strong experience in video streaming protocols such as HLS, Low-Latency HLS, MPEG DASH, CMAF, RTP, RTMP, Timed Metadata (ID3) • Familiarity with technologies for developing on Smart TVs, Set Top Boxes, and Gaming • Consoles such as Samsung Tizen, Vizio, Hisense, XBOX, PlayStation or others • Knowledge of Multilingual Text Tracks for Closed Captioning and Subtitle Formats such as WebVTT • Knowledge of Multilingual Audio and Audio Description Tracks • Strong experience with DRM protection schemes such as MPEG Common Encryption, • FairPlay, Widevine, PlayReady. • Basic understanding of VOD and linear video workflows using ingest, transmuxing, encoding, • SSAI, packaging, and playout. • Basic understanding of streaming media in a multi-CDN environment. • Strong experience with adaptive bit rate (ABR) ladder algorithms. • REST API usage and development. • Basic understanding of modern video codecs like HEVC, H.265K, H.264, VP8, VP9, AV1 • Knowledge of Dolby Vision and HDR • Strong experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies. • Understand how to write clean and testable code • Able to work on a large scope project from start to finish • Be capable of being an owner of a specific component or feature • Familiar with Jira, Confluence tools and communicate tasking estimation and progress regularly to a project manager, Scrum Master.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote - within LATAM time zones (GMT-3 to GMT-5)