This position offers you the opportunity to join a technology organization that is pushing multimedia standard solutions across various industries. If you are passionate about technology and eager to learn about emerging trends shaping human behavior, this opportunity is ideal.
As a Senior Engineer at Vicomtech, you'll focus on video streaming, suitable formats and protocols, containers, telemetry, and orchestration (QoS / QoE-driven congestion and rate control) as a software engineer. You will scale our Media Workflow Management team in multimedia services such as XR experiences, connected cars/trains, or broadcasting in Linux environments, elevating our capabilities. Your role involves automating adaptation policies to manage changeable and concurrent connectivities while optimizing processing demands. Collaborating with research teams, you'll integrate video streaming and encoding solutions, driving innovations in low latency and QoS adaptation.
Impact you'll make :
* Be part of a passionate, knowledgeable team, demonstrating expertise in video formats and solutions.
* Address problems from identification to resolution, automating recurring tasks and issues.
* Work comfortably across different projects and teams.
* Share well-thought-out opinions on technology and toolset applications for elegant solutions.
* Ensure the quality and integrity of team outputs, working with committed colleagues.
What will you do :
* Engage in applied research activities aligned with your specialization.
* Maintain continuous surveillance on the latest in video streaming formats, technologies, and open-source tools.
* Contribute to technological development ideas and identify new business opportunities.
* Assist in preparing research and development proposals for various organizations.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement adaptable, efficient solutions.
* Publish scientific articles or supervise doctoral theses based on your research.
* Stay ahead of industry trends, experimenting with innovative latency, telemetry, and congestion control solutions.
* Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring high-quality video streams.
Candidates must have :
* Proficiency in C / C++
* Experience with standard media codecs and formats (H.264 / AVC, HEVC, VP8 / VP9, AAC, MP3, MP4, MPEG-TS)
* Knowledge of standard streaming technologies (RTP, RTSP)
* Experience with modern streaming protocols (DASH / HLS / CMAF, WebRTC)
We value candidates :
Bonus points if you have :
* Experience with web-based media players
* Contributions to open source projects
* GPU / CUDA-accelerated encoding experience
* Skills in debugging memory leaks and threading issues
* Development experience with RUST
* Scientific publications
* PhD degree
If you are creative, proactive, responsible, methodical, decisive, and a team player with strong communication and impact analysis skills, interested in applied research and technology transfer to society, this role is for you.
What you'll bring :
* Over 3 years of experience in video streaming or related technologies.
* Knowledge of FFmpeg / GStreamer and video engineering.
* Experience in building transcoding pipelines and understanding codec trade-offs.
* Background in microservices and containerization.
* Strong understanding of video systems architecture, latency, and scalability.
* Ability to translate product needs into technical solutions.
* Independent work ownership and delivery skills.
* Effective communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities.
* Awareness of product development impact and interdependencies.
* Clear documentation skills.
* Results-oriented mindset and motivation for team success.
* Proficiency in English (written and verbal).
We offer :
* Participation in a growing Applied Research Center.
* Work in a pioneering, multicultural, multidisciplinary environment.
* Involvement in cutting-edge projects internationally.
* Opportunities for professional growth and training.
* Collaboration with top research groups.
* Work-life balance policies.
Apply by filling out the form and submitting your CV, ensuring you accept the terms and conditions of use. Vicomtech will process your data according to their privacy policy, respecting your rights.
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