Position Summary
Samsung TV Plus is an industry-leading FAST (free ad-supported TV) and VOD (video-on-demand) service reaching 24 countries and 500 million devices globally across TV and mobile. One of the first FAST platforms, Samsung TV Plus now offers more than 250 channels in the U.S. and nearly 2,000 channels globally, along with thousands of shows and movies on-demand.
FAST is the fastest-growing video segment among consumers and FAST ad spend is expected to surpass that of Broadcast/Cable (combined) and SVOD within the next three years. This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of the exploding and ever-evolving FAST space and play a key role in driving the growth of the TV Plus business.
Role and Responsibilities
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Please note this role is not remote and candidates must be in one of the Samsung approved offices 3 days a week
The staff engineer will be responsible for the automation, creation, and playout/rebroadcasting of FAST video content to multiple OTT clients from content partners, tech integrators, and 1st party offerings. This position will work on a small team as an individual contributor coding, debugging, and deploying API-driven back-end services.
Main Responsibilities
- Conduct engineering activities, projects, research, and operational tests in conformance to functional specifications, design requirements, operational capacities, and customer performance expectations.
- Debug production issues raised by customers and customer support teams, isolate the cause, and work towards a fix.
- Participate in meetings with other staff members to evaluate, plan, and troubleshoot; and to ensure the proper interface between software, systems, and operational performance.
- Day-to-day interfacing with content ops debugging and developing solutions to onboard content partner's media.
- Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Designing and building scalable, production-ready, robust systems and services.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and teams across time zones to deliver exciting, globally viewed streaming content.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in streaming technology.
- Act as a technically proficient colleague to elevate the technical expertise of more junior team members through mentorship, thorough code reviews, design reviews, knowledge sharing, etc.
Skills and Qualifications
Job Experience and Knowledge
- 8+ years of software development experience in a large scale production environment
- Bachelors/Master's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related STEM field
- Proficient with a scripted programming language (Python preferred) and a strongly typed/compiled language (Golang preferred)
- Knowledge of HLS and Dash streaming specs
- Knowledge of video and audio encoding profiles and technologies
- Preferred: Experience with deploying services in a Docker/Kubernetes environment, as well as using various AWS tools (Lambda, SQS, etc)
- Preferred: Experience with deploying services using various CDN technologies
- Preferred: Experience with AWS Elemental
- Ability to solve problems in a fast paced and dynamic environment with focus on maintaining high quality and standards
- Able to clearly communicate complex technical matters to an audience of varying technical competency orally and in writing (email, reports, etc)
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices
- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Ability to deliver and accept feedback on code and design
- Strong ability to debug unfamiliar distributed architectures and isolate problems
- Experience in writing tests for the code written
Qualifications
- Highly detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with partners in different cultures and geographies
- Positive attitude, highly flexible, and self-motivated
- Ability to maintain corporate excellence by complying with company policies and procedures
- Excited by the prospect of mentoring junior developers
- Consumer of TV, gaming, and application content with a keen eye for what works in those spaces
Benefits:
- Compensation for this role, for candidates based in California only, is expected to be between $120,000 and $170,000 + bonus
- Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role
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