Software Engineer, Video SWE

Meta; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta in California seeks a senior software engineer to design and optimize wearable-device video codecs and media pipelines, including camera capture, encoding, and synchronization, with hardware integration.

You will lead complex media projects, collaborate with camera, hardware and silicon teams to integrate acceleration, and build automated regression tests.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 7 years of software development experience, or a PhD with at least 4 years of experience, plus at least 3 years of relevant video software engineering experience.
• Candidates must have C/C++ multithreaded programming experience and a record of leading complex projects; preferred qualifications include codec, embedded media, image compression, quality evaluation, and AI workflow experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize wearable-device video codec and media capture pipelines, covering camera capture, encoding, media containers, and audio/video synchronization.
• Lead complex media projects and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams to integrate hardware acceleration, troubleshoot quality and performance issues, and build automated regression testing.

Skills

C/C++

Multithreaded Programming

Video Codecs

Video Encoding

Media Capture Pipelines

Rate Control

Hardware-Accelerated Encoding

Media Containers

Audio/Video Synchronization

Codec Performance Optimization

Firmware and Kernel Driver Integration

Automated Media Testing

Codec Internals

Visual Quality Evaluation

Power and Thermal Optimization

Technical Project Leadership

Education

PhD in a relevant field

Job description

Design, implement, and optimize wearable-device video codec and media capture pipelines, covering camera capture, encoding, media containers, and audio/video synchronization. Lead complex media projects and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams to integrate hardware acceleration, troubleshoot quality and performance issues, and build automated regression testing.

Requirements:

Requires at least 7 years of software development experience, or a PhD with at least 4 years of experience, plus at least 3 years of relevant video software engineering experience. Candidates must have C/C++ multithreaded programming experience and a record of leading complex projects; preferred qualifications include codec, embedded media, image compression, quality evaluation, and AI workflow experience.

Key Skills:

C/C++, Multithreaded Programming, Video Codecs, Video Encoding, Media Capture Pipelines, Rate Control, Hardware-Accelerated Encoding, Media Containers, Audio/Video Synchronization, Codec Performance Optimization, Firmware and Kernel Driver Integration, Automated Media Testing, Codec Internals, Visual Quality Evaluation, Power and Thermal Optimization, Technical Project Leadership

Benefits:

Bonus, Equity, Benefits