Engineering • Full-time
Senior Video Engineer
Remote-first role at Videospan. Join a team that's defining the next generation of video infrastructure.
About the Role
What You'll Do
The details below outline the scope of this position and what we're looking for in our next teammate.
Videospan is looking for a Senior Video Engineer to own the core video processing infrastructure that powers thousands of automated video creations daily. As our first dedicated video infrastructure hire in a late-stage seed / early Series A environment, you will design, build, and optimize the encoding, packaging, and rendering systems that make scalable video production possible.
What you'll do
- Architect and optimize high-performance video rendering pipelines using FFmpeg, Rust, and/or C++.
- Build encoding workflows that balance quality, file size, and speed across H.264, HEVC, VP9, and AV1.
- Implement streaming packaging for HLS and DASH, including adaptive bitrate ladders and delivery optimization.
- Drive GPU hardware acceleration for rendering and transcoding (CUDA, Vulkan, Metal, or similar).
- Scale our serverless and container-based rendering infrastructure to handle massive concurrent loads cost-effectively.
- Collaborate with product and AI teams to enable new creative capabilities through deep video engineering.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on video technology.
- Deep knowledge of FFmpeg, video codecs (H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1), container formats, and streaming protocols (HLS, DASH).
- Proficiency in systems programming languages like Rust, C++, or Go.
- Experience optimizing video workloads on GPU hardware.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS, or similar) for video processing.
- Ability to own complex systems end-to-end and make pragmatic architectural decisions in a fast-moving startup.
Interested in This Role? Apply Today
We're excited to learn about your experience and how you'd contribute to the future of video at Videospan.