Video Algorithm Engineer — Next-Gen Encoding & QoE

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

Job summary

ByteDance is building the next-generation end-to-end video system to enhance QoE for billions of users. We seek strong engineers in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, and quality assessment to build large-scale, high-performance platforms.

The role focuses on designing adaptive video encoding, video processing, and efficient delivery for Live and VOD services, with opportunities to work across CPU/GPU/mobile optimizations and open-source multimedia projects.

Qualifications

• BS degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent fields.
• Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, software design) and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent programming, debugging, and optimization skills in C/C++, Python, etc.
• Strong knowledge in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, QoE, and quality assessment.
• Collaborative mindset with solid written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++

Python

Algorithms

Data structures

Software design

CS fundamentals

Communication

Problem-solving

Video understanding

Video processing

Video streaming

Education

BS degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent fields

Tools

x264

x265

FFMPEG

Job description

ByteDance is building the next-generation end-to-end video system to enhance QoE for billions of users. We seek strong engineers in video understanding, processing, coding, streaming, and quality assessment to build large-scale, high-performance platforms.

The role focuses on designing adaptive video encoding, video processing, and efficient delivery for Live and VOD services, with opportunities to work across CPU/GPU/mobile optimizations and open-source multimedia projects.