Software Engineer (Media)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Media): Building and optimizing large-scale video services with an accent on media quality, performance, and product experience. Focus on rebuilding core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Salary: $180,000 - $440,000 USD

Company

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.

What you will do

• Build the next generation of large-scale video services
• Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go)
• Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience
• Proficient in high performance C++ or Go
• In-depth knowledge of either WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines
• Familiar with building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems