Software Engineer jobs in Canada

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About the Role

Twitch is building the future of interactive video. Twitch's Video Client Engineering team is looking for experienced engineers who have worked on real-time video systems ranging from SFUs to libwebrtc and embedded devices. As a senior engineer on the real-time video team you will be reporting to the VP of Client and Devices. You will create and refine a media experience used by millions of users all over the world.

If you are passionate about real-time communication, able to work across server and client codebases, come join us!

You Will :

• Improve our webrtc system working on both client and server codebases.
• Collaborate with backend video teams that support real-time and low latency media broadcasting and playback
• Add reliable cross-platform unit, integration, and e2e tests
• Remain current on current technologies and recent developments in mobile and media technologies.

You Have :

• 6+ years of professional software development or equivalent expertise in C / C++
• 3+ years development experience with WebRTC, working on client (libwebrtc) and server (SFU) technologies
• 3+ years of experience working with streaming media on embedded or mobile devices
• Experience writing and optimizing CPU and GPU code.

Bonus Points

• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent years of experience
• Experience building cross-platform libraries / SDKs and shipping successful software products.
• Experience with audio / video or graphics on mobile devices including GPU shaders.
• Familiarity with video codecs such as H.264, HEVC and AV1 and audio codecs such as AAC and Opus
• Experience with network protocols like RTP, HTTP, UDP and QUIC
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

Senior Software Engineer • Toronto, Ontario, Canada