Software Engineer, Media

SpaceXAI; Palo Alto, Seattle (CA, WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, Vision and Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability insurance

Job summary

SpaceXAI in Palo Alto is seeking exceptional media engineers to integrate our AI infrastructure into a platform used by hundreds of millions of users. You will help build video playback, live streaming, Spaces, and calls, leveraging our AI stack.

You will work with Rust, C++, or Go, optimize end-to-end media quality, contribute to core pipelines, and ship high-performance systems across our distributed platform.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience
• Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience
• Proficient in high performance C++ or Go
• In-depth knowledge of either WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines
• Familiar with building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation of large-scale video services
• Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go)
• Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

Skills

Media quality

Performance

Distributed systems

Video processing

Team collaboration

Tools

C++

Go

Rust

WebRTC

LL-HLS

Video transcoding

Job description

SpaceXAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re looking for exceptional media engineers who want to join us on a new project to deeply integrate SpaceXAI’s advanced AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month. We’re bringing SpaceXAI's technology stack and using it to transform the video product experience - video playback, live streaming, Spaces, audio/video calls, and more. This is your chance to contribute in a major way while leveraging all of the powerful AI tools and talented colleagues at SpaceXAI.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build the next generation of large-scale video services
• Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go)
• Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 5 years of experience
• Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience
• Proficient in high performance C++ or Go
• In-depth knowledge of either WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines
• Familiar with building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Go, C++, Rust, Java, Scala

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.