Senior Software Engineer HLS - Media Streaming

Senior Software Engineer (HLS Scala Golang) UK WFH / Remote to £110,000

Are you a Senior Software Engineer / Developer with media streaming technical experience?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on role at one of Europe's most successful streaming and social media platforms.

As a Senior Software Engineer / Developer you will join a small, Agile team responsible for building, deploying and maintaining the media streaming platform that controls end-to-end playback, from transcoding uploaded media through to custom embedded players for both native and web apps. There's a number of technical challenges, the systems handle petabytes of data and gigabytes per second traffic to provide seamless, fast playback to millions of global users.

The tech stack is based in Scala and Golang within a microservices environment; you'll be mainly using Scala alongside streaming technologies such as HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Codecs (H.264, AAC) and Content Delivery Network (CDN) tools (AWS S3, CloudFront).

You'll be joining an upbeat, international team in a role where you can make a real impact, work on complex and challenging systems and continually improve your skills with 20% of your time dedicated to personal projects.

Work from Policy:

You'll be able to work from home / remotely from anywhere in the UK with the occasional trip to Berlin (approx. once a month), all expenses paid.

Requirements:

1. You're an experienced Backend Software Engineer with media streaming experience e.g. HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Codecs (H.264, AAC) and Content Delivery Network (CDN) tools (AWS S3, CloudFront).
2. You have strong software development skills - happy to use Scala and Golang going forward, you should have experience with one of these or Python.
3. You have a good knowledge of microservices, databases, automated testing and CI/CD.
4. You have strong analysis and problem solving skills.
5. You have good English language skills.

Salary & benefits:

As a Senior Software Engineer / Developer you will earn a competitive salary (to £110,000) plus benefits including:

1. Employee stock options plan.
2. Flexible vacation and public holidays allowing you 35 days of annual leave.
3. Creativity and Wellness package covering everything from gym memberships, photography, language courses, books.
4. Professional development allowance covering things like books, conferences and training.
5. A sociable office environment with free snacks, drinks and lunch.

Apply now to find out more about this Senior Software Engineer (HLS Scala Golang) opportunity.

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