Senior Real-Time Media Engineer: Low-Latency Cloud & Edge

Evertz Microsystems Limited; Burlington; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media technology company in Burlington, Canada is seeking a Senior Software Design Engineer to develop scalable, low-latency encoding pipelines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in C/C++ with a focus on audio/video compression and real-time media systems. Responsibilities include optimizing software, working with advanced codecs and media frameworks, and architecting solutions for cloud and edge environments. This role offers a competitive compensation package and employer-funded benefits.

Benefits

Employer funded benefits program

Competitive total compensation package

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on C/C++ development in high-performance or real-time systems.
• Strong understanding of video and audio compression standards and formats.
• Experience with media frameworks such as FFmpeg or GStreamer in production systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize software for real-time video and audio compression.
• Work with media frameworks for audio and video pipelines.
• Implement CPU and GPU-based acceleration for low-latency media processing.

Skills

C/C++ development in high-performance systems

Audio/video compression standards

Linux systems programming

Media frameworks like FFmpeg

Multithreaded programming techniques

Network transport protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

FFmpeg

GStreamer

NVIDIA Video CodecSDK

Job description

A leading media technology company in Burlington, Canada is seeking a Senior Software Design Engineer to develop scalable, low-latency encoding pipelines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in C/C++ with a focus on audio/video compression and real-time media systems. Responsibilities include optimizing software, working with advanced codecs and media frameworks, and architecting solutions for cloud and edge environments. This role offers a competitive compensation package and employer-funded benefits.