Software Engineer - Media

at X

πŸ“ Palo Alto, United States

$127,000-297,000 per year

MIDDLE SENIOR
βœ… On-site

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Redis @ 3 GraphQL @ 3

Details

Are you prepared to join the X team and help build the ultimate real-time information-sharing app, revolutionizing how people connect? At X, we’re on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on building and operating services at scale, ensuring seamless performance for concurrent audiences of millions.
  • Contribute to media processing pipelines in C/C++, the core components that drive our media services.
  • Iteratively improve end-to-end media quality and performance.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in building and operating services at scale.
  • In-depth knowledge and experience with media processing pipelines in C/C++.
  • Extensive experience ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance.
  • Acronyms you know all about: H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, moq, RTP, RTMP, HLS, HDR, DRM.
  • Alternative acronyms and tech you know all about: CRUD, Redis, DynamoDb, S3, Route53, GraphQL.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with equity options.
  • Opportunity to shape the media experiences of billions.