Senior Video Rendering Systems Engineer

Videospan Labs; Time; On-site; NOK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Videospan Labs in Norway is seeking a Senior Video Engineer to own the core video processing infrastructure powering thousands of automated video creations daily. You will design, build, and optimize encoding, packaging, and rendering systems for scalable video production.

You will architect high-performance rendering pipelines with FFmpeg, Rust and C++, implement HLS/DASH packaging, and push GPU acceleration using CUDA, Vulkan, or similar to maximize quality and throughput.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering focusing on video technology.
• Strong knowledge of video codecs and streaming protocols.
• Proficiency in systems programming languages (Rust, C++, or Go).
• Experience optimizing video workloads on GPU hardware.
• Experience with cloud-based video processing (AWS or similar).

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize high-performance video rendering pipelines using FFmpeg, Rust, and/or C++.
• Build encoding workflows balancing quality, size and speed for H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1.
• Implement streaming packaging for HLS and DASH with adaptive bitrate ladders.
• Drive GPU hardware acceleration for rendering and transcoding (CUDA, Vulkan, Metal).
• Scale serverless and container-based rendering infrastructure for massive concurrent loads.
• Collaborate with product and AI teams to enable new creative capabilities.

Skills

FFmpeg

C++

Rust

GPU acceleration

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Videospan Labs in Norway is seeking a Senior Video Engineer to own the core video processing infrastructure powering thousands of automated video creations daily. You will design, build, and optimize encoding, packaging, and rendering systems for scalable video production.

You will architect high-performance rendering pipelines with FFmpeg, Rust and C++, implement HLS/DASH packaging, and push GPU acceleration using CUDA, Vulkan, or similar to maximize quality and throughput.