Forward-Deployed Senior Software Engineer, Encoding (US)

Bitmovin Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitmovin Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Encoding team in the US. You will contribute production code (Java/Kotlin, C++) and own technical relationships with large US media and streaming customers during EU offline hours.

You will define the playbook for triage, handle on-site integrations, and help shape the product roadmap from field learnings, working in a greenfield, forward deployed role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience at a senior level, able to contribute production code.
• 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role.
• Cloud experience (AWS and/or GCP), Docker, scalable services.
• Strong troubleshooting on live customer systems.
• Open to AI-assisted development workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal English.
• High autonomy during US hours.
• Based on US East Coast or Denver, willing to travel.

Responsibilities

• Contribute production code to the encoding stack during sprints.
• Own US enterprise accounts technically during EU off-hours.
• Debug live, distributed systems under customer pressure.
• Travel to customer sites to support integrations and workshops.
• Provide field learnings to sprint planning and product roadmap.

Skills

Java/C++ production code

Customer-facing technical role

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Distributed systems debugging

AI-assisted development

English communication

US hours ownership

Travel to customer sites

Tools

Docker

Claude Code

AWS

GCP

Job description

Bitmovin Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Encoding team in the US. You will contribute production code (Java/Kotlin, C++) and own technical relationships with large US media and streaming customers during EU offline hours.

You will define the playbook for triage, handle on-site integrations, and help shape the product roadmap from field learnings, working in a greenfield, forward deployed role.