Software Engineer, Video SWE

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a senior software engineer to design, implement, and optimize video codec and media capture pipelines for wearable devices. You will balance visual quality and compression efficiency with power, thermal, latency, and memory constraints.

You will lead complex media projects, debug efforts, and collaborate with camera, hardware, and silicon teams while improving automated testing for correctness, quality, performance, and power.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 7 years of software development experience (or a PhD with 4+ years).
• At least 3 years of relevant video software engineering experience.
• C/C++ multithreaded programming experience; track record of leading complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, integrate, and optimize video codec and media capture pipelines for wearable devices.
• Balance visual quality with compression efficiency against power, thermal, latency, and memory constraints.
• Lead complex media projects and debugging efforts; collaborate with camera, hardware and silicon teams.

Skills

C/C++

Multithreaded programming

Video codecs

Video encoding

Media capture pipelines

Rate control

Embedded systems

Kernel drivers

Firmware integration

Automated testing

Technical leadership

Hardware-accelerated media

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

PhD (4+ years)

Job description

Design, implement, integrate, and optimize video codec and media capture pipelines for wearable devices, balancing visual quality and compression efficiency against power, thermal, latency, and memory constraints. Lead complex media projects and debugging efforts while collaborating with camera, hardware, and silicon teams, and improve automated testing for correctness, quality, performance, and power.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, at least 7 years of software development experience (or a PhD with 4+ years), and 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; codec, embedded media, hardware acceleration, and media-stack expertise are relevant.

Key Skills

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

Benefits

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