Video Algorithm Engineer: Innovative Encoding & QoE

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Paid sick days

Paid personal time

Job summary

ByteDance designs and optimizes the next-generation end-to-end video system to deliver high QoE for billions of users. We seek strong engineers in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, and quality assessment with a passion for building scalable platforms.

Role involves designing adaptive encoding, video processing enhancements, quality metrics, and efficient delivery for Live and VOD services. Collaboration and technical excellence are valued in a fast-growing tech company.

Qualifications

• BS degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent fields.
• Strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent programming and optimization skills in C/C++ and Python.
• Strong knowledge in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, and quality assessment.
• Collaborative mindset and good written/verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement adaptive video encoding algorithms at both internal and external codec levels
• Design and implement video understanding, and video processing and enhancement algorithms
• Design and validate image/video quality metrics, no-reference, and full-reference metrics
• Design and implement efficient video delivery and streaming algorithms for both Live and VOD services

Skills

C/C++

Python

Algorithms & data structures

Video processing

Video coding/streaming

Communication

Education

BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

FFMPEG

x264/x265

Job description

ByteDance designs and optimizes the next-generation end-to-end video system to deliver high QoE for billions of users. We seek strong engineers in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, and quality assessment with a passion for building scalable platforms.

Role involves designing adaptive encoding, video processing enhancements, quality metrics, and efficient delivery for Live and VOD services. Collaboration and technical excellence are valued in a fast-growing tech company.