Lead Software Engineer (C/C++ or Rust)
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10098366 Ubicación Seattle, Washington, Estados Unidos / Bristol, Connecticut, Estados Unidos / Santa Mónica, California, Estados Unidos / San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos / Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos / Morrisville, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Fecha de publicación 21/08/2024Detalles del empleo:
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.
Job Summary
Our combined Disney and Hulu team is looking for hardworking team players to join the Media Engineering team, who will thrive upon the legacy of Disney and Hulu, embrace unconventional thinking, and who are passionate about contributing to The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) experience through strategic hard work and determination.
Our team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Video Analytics to help us deliver excellent streaming experiences for Hulu and Disney+ as a developer of our client player. Our team is responsible for playback across several devices including gaming consoles and set top boxes. You will have the opportunity to lead in the design and implementation of our cross-platform C/C++ and Rust player that runs Disney+ and Hulu on these devices.
We’re looking for an experienced C/C++ or Rust engineer who has video player and cross platform development experience. You should have a passion for coding and debugging hard problems, and an eagerness to help us deliver seamless video to our subscribers. As a lead engineer, you will get to own large features, lead the technical direction of our work, and mentor and provide technical expertise to other engineers. You will work closely with other technical teams in the application layer and backend video services to deliver features.
Job Responsibilities
Develop and maintain our Rust and C/C++ player that drives our streaming experience
Optimize our player to perform well for resource constrained platforms
Create and review architecture and designs for our team’s projects
Maintain a strong understanding of our code to identify, research and address issues, collaborate with application development teams, services engineering teams and product management to help understand and explain device limitations and requirements
Lead in strategies to ensure the quality and stability of our deployments, including testing strategies and telemetry approaches
Develop our project’s build system and continuous integration system as needed
Provide technical expertise or mentoring to developers on our team, hold our team accountable to high development standards
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent experience
Minimum of 7 years of related work experience
Long record of full software development lifecycle experience
Fluent in C and C++ or Rust
Willing to learn Rust
Experience developing and optimizing multi-threaded applications
Experience using build runners / compilation tools for multi-platform projects
Strong individual contributor with a drive to learn and patience to teach others
Great communication and collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic
Preferred Qualifications
Rust
Experience in Streaming technologies, including:
HLS (preferred) or DASH
DRM technologies like Playready or Widevine
Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithms
Caption and subtitle formats such as CEA-608 / 708
Codecs AVC, HEVC, AAC, EAC3
Video analytics experience, for example Adobe Analytics, Nielsen, Comscore, Conviva
Cross-Platform Development
Embedded operating system experience
Experience developing for gaming consoles (e.g. Playstation, Switch), Android devices (e.g.FireTV), or similar devices
Familiarity with set-top box development and specialized SoCs from manufacturers like Broadcom, MediaTek, etc.
#disneytech
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, Washington and New York City is $163,500 - $219,200 per year and in Bristol, Connecticut, Santa Monica, California and Glendale, California is $149,300 - $200,200 per year and in Morrisville, North Carolina is $142,200 - $190,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Información adicional:
DISNEYTECHAcerca de Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:
Disney Entertainment y ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) proporcionan la columna vertebral tecnológica y el desarrollo de productos para las dos unidades de negocio de medios de Disney, a la vez que ayudan a mantener a la compañía a la vanguardia de la innovación, lo que le permite aprovechar continuamente la tecnología para mejorar la narrativa y la creatividad, a la vez que ofrece escalabilidad, flexibilidad y eficiencia para sus negocios.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en Hulu, LLC , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.
Hulu, LLC es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.