Software Engineer (L5) - Video Algorithm Systems

Software Engineer (L5) - Video Algorithm Systems

Los Gatos, California, United States of America

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Challenge

At Netflix, we are passionate about delivering the best viewing experience to our members, no matter what they watch, where they watch, or how they watch. This means that we need every bit of our video streams to count and our challenges include constantly improving on our video encoding and processing algorithms and workflows in a scalable, efficient manner. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding to help us address these challenges, as well as drive strategic research in the field.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer in Video and Image Encoding :

• You will be responsible for designing and prototyping encoding algorithms and software workflows that can improve the quality or reduce the bandwidth requirements of our video streams.
• You will study current workflow and codec implementations and find areas for improvement in quality and speed and take your innovations from paper to product by collaborating with other software engineers and scientists in the team.
• You will have the opportunity to conduct research on next-generation image and video coding, collaborate with academic research groups and participate in research conferences.
• You will get to work on exciting video encoding problems while knowing that you are making Netflix videos smoother, crisper and more engaging for millions of people worldwide.

About You

You are a Senior Software Engineer who :

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