Senior Software Engineer

Amazon Jobs; City Of London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is seeking experienced mobile engineers for their Video Client Engineering team. In this role, you will develop multi-platform broadcasting and playback systems used by millions globally. Strong expertise in software development, mobile technology, and web technologies is essential. The position offers benefits including medical insurance, parental leave, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

401(k)

Maternity & Parental Leave

Flexible PTO

Amazon Employee Discount

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• Strong background in foundational web technologies.
• Experience leading design or architecture of new systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop video playback/broadcast SDKs for desktop and mobile web.
• Collaborate with backend video teams for low-latency media.
• Add reliable cross-platform unit and integration tests.

Skills

Mobile technology

Software development

C++ or another compiled language

Cross-platform libraries/SDKs

Audio/video adaptive streaming

Network protocols

Education

B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

Webpack

Node

NPM

Job description

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About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedInandX, and discover the projects we’re solving on ourBlog. Be sure to explore ourInterviewing Guideto learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

IVS is building the future of interactive video. IVS’s Video Client Engineering team is looking for experienced mobile engineers to build a multi-platform broadcasting and playback system that works everywhere people want to create and consume video. We own the Real Time, Broadcast, and Video Player SDKs that power our customers\' live video experiences. As a software engineer in the Mobile Client SDK Team reporting to the Director of Client Engineering, you will create and refine a media experience used by millions of users all over the world.

If you are passionate about mobile technology, love media and streaming, and want to take on new challenges then this position is for you.

You can work in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will

• Develop our video playback/broadcast SDKs for desktop web and mobile web.
• Collaborate with backend video teams that support low-latency and real-time media broadcasting and playback
• Add reliable cross-platform unit, integration, and e2e tests
• Keep up to date on current technologies and recent developments in web and media technologies.

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• 5+ years of professional software development or equivalent expertise.
• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent years of experience.
• Strong background in foundational web technologies and languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Webpack, Node, and NPM
• Familiarity with C++ or another similarly compiled language
• Experience building cross-platform libraries/SDKs and shipping successful software products.
• Experience with audio and video adaptive streaming on web platforms.
• Familiarity with video streaming technologies (HLS, LL-HLS, DASH,) and codecs such as H.264, H.265, and AV1.
• Experience with network protocols like HTTP and TCP.
• Experience with Media Source APIs, Encrypted Media Extensions, and WebGPU.
• Experience with Mobile Web Development, Living Room, and WebViews.
• Comfort with performance tuning through experimentation and analysis.

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