Software Engineer, Video SWE

Meta; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta in San Diego is seeking a senior video software engineer to design, implement, and optimize video codecs and media capture pipelines for wearable devices. You will lead complex projects and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams to integrate codecs, improve synchronization and containers, and build automated regression testing.

You will drive quality, latency, power, and memory optimization while mentoring teammates and shaping engineering best practices for multimedia systems.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Seven+ years of software development experience (or four+ years with a PhD).
• Three+ years of relevant video software engineering experience; C/C++ multithreaded programming required.
• Experience leading complex projects and familiarity with codecs, embedded media stacks, and media testing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, tune, and debug video codec and media capture pipelines for wearable devices, optimizing quality, compression, latency, power, thermal behavior, and memory use.
• Lead complex media projects and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams to integrate codecs, improve synchronization and containers, and build automated regression testing.

Skills

C/C++

Multithreaded Programming

Video Codecs

Media Capture Pipelines

Hardware-Accelerated Encoding

Rate Control

Compression Optimization

Media Containers

Audio/Video Synchronization

Performance Profiling

Power and Thermal Optimization

Kernel Drivers

Firmware Integration

Automated Media Testing

Codec Quality Evaluation

Technical Project Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

PhD

Job description

Design, implement, tune, and debug video codec and media capture pipelines for wearable devices, optimizing quality, compression, latency, power, thermal behavior, and memory use. Lead complex media projects and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams to integrate codecs, improve synchronization and containers, and build automated regression testing.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, at least seven years of software development experience (or a PhD with at least four years), and at least three years of relevant video software engineering experience. Candidates must have C/C++ multithreaded programming experience and a record of leading complex projects; experience with codecs, embedded media stacks, and media testing is advantageous.

Key Skills

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

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