Golang / Go Job: Video Backend Software Engineer (C++/Golang)

Video Backend Software Engineer (C++/Golang) at Zattoo

🇩🇪 Germany › Berlin   (Posted Mar 17 2023)

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Job description
YOUR FUTURE, ON DEMAND
The ideal blend of stability and flexibility. A genuinely human employer that cares for people and the planet. True autonomy to shape what comes next, for us and you. This is the perfect platform to take your career where you want.

Back in 2005, we pioneered Europe’s first TV streaming service. Today, we’re the world’s first certified climate neutral TV streaming provider. 3 million users across three countries. Over 230 colleagues of 47 nationalities. We’re the grown-up start-up, helping to shape a better future since day one. That hasn’t changed, even if the world has. We’re friendly, international, inclusive – and our people say we’re reliable and transparent, too. It’s why they trust us and believe in what we do.

THE ROLE
Become a part of the core team that maintains, extends and improves our video backend based on state of the art technology. Collaborate with a highly skilled and passionate team of multi-national engineers to build and operate our video services.

THE VIDEO BACKEND TEAM
Our team develops the software which drives our carrier-grade streaming platform, covering the full processing chain from content ingest, transcoding, storage and stream delivery. We work closely with the Playback team - our counterpart to bring streaming features into applications, and with the Ads Backend team - whose engineers focus on our solutions for server-side dynamic ad insertion.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
Improve our encoding pipeline for live and on-demand content
Integrate seamless use of GPU or cloud resources in our infrastructure
Improve our HTTP streaming stack (DASH, HLS) and experiment with new technologies
Secure sensible content with fine-grained access control and DRM technologies
Solve the scalability challenges of a global Content Delivery Network
Improve fault tolerance of our platform
Develop clean and maintainable code
Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers across the company

WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Expert knowledge in either C/C++ or Golang programming
Excellent understanding of operating system / Linux fundamentals
Expertise and ideas to build highly concurrent and distributed systems
Experience diagnosing and troubleshooting complex systems using test tools, network management systems and error reporting systems
Desire and abilities to learn new technologies and programming languages
Comfortable working with remote colleagues and multidisciplinary teams
Experience in development and support of production systems with 24x7 operations
Bonus:
Experience with video and audio encoding (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC...) or streaming (HLS, MPEG-DASH...) technologies
Experience with distributed data stores such as Scylla, Ceph or ClickHouse
Experience with container management such as Kubernetes, Docker or LXC

WHY JOIN US?
At Zattoo, you’re always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. You’ll have the support and opportunity you need to go far, while you’re helping us create a sustainable and entertainment-filled future for all.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU
Reward: strong market competitive salary
Recharge: 30 days vacation plus public holidays
Regulate: trust based flexible working hours and the option for remote working 8 weeks per year

Plus:
We’re sharing: Free access to the best streaming experience on the market
We're developing: Your own development budget, German classes and Zattoo all-company hack days
We’re inclusive: ‘Zattooies’ are a fun, engaged, and diverse team made up of 47 nationalities
We’re healthy: Health checks, team sports, organic fruit, vegan options and more!
We’re responsible: We are carbon neutral, an active employee Green team, discounted BVG tickets and free bike rentals
We’re sociable: A calendar of events with fireside chats, lunches, in-house bar, BBQ’s, monthly socials, summer party and an annual off-site event

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