Senior OTT Live Video Engineer

YouTube is a global video platform offering streaming services including live TV, video-on-demand, and premium content.
$142,000 - $211,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Consumer

Description For Senior OTT Live Video Engineer

YouTube TV is revolutionizing the television experience by offering an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service that brings live TV and video-on-demand content directly to viewers across multiple devices. As a Senior OTT Live Video Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of building and maintaining YouTube's next-generation video streaming platform. The role combines high-level architectural work with hands-on implementation, focusing on creating resilient and scalable systems for content ingestion, processing, and delivery.

You'll be joining the OTT Engineering team, whose mission is to deliver a future-proof video streaming platform. This involves building and integrating tools and services that ensure reliable signal acquisition, optimize workflows, and deliver the highest quality media experience. The position offers unique challenges in managing high-bandwidth applications and implementing complex video streaming systems at a global scale.

The role provides an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology while solving real-world problems in video streaming. You'll collaborate with content providers, network engineering teams, and software engineering teams, making a direct impact on how millions of users consume live and on-demand content. The position offers competitive compensation, including base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Working at YouTube means being part of a culture that believes in giving everyone a voice and making the world better through shared stories. You'll be at the intersection of technology and creativity, working at the speed of culture to shape how people worldwide consume and interact with video content. The role combines technical expertise with business acumen, requiring both strategic thinking and practical implementation skills.

Last updated 3 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior OTT Live Video Engineer

  • Provide architectural guidance and integration support of network build-outs for a globally scaled live streaming platform
  • Contribute to network topology design
  • Integrate real-time global network monitoring solutions
  • Lead migrations from on-prem infrastructure to a virtual private cloud environment
  • Partner with media companies to ingest and improve quality of premium live content
  • Manage multiple vendor relationships
  • Perform build vs buy analysis for platform software and tooling
  • Partner with software engineering teams to build, deploy, and maintain scaleable software

Requirements For Senior OTT Live Video Engineer

Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience architecting and implementing networks for high bandwidth applications, specifically video streaming
  • Experience designing and troubleshooting video streaming systems
  • Experience in acquisition infrastructure and resilient transport strategies

Benefits For Senior OTT Live Video Engineer

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits

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