Distinguished Software Engineer
About The Position
As an engineer on SimpliSafe's Video team you will build and maintain the cloud-based systems that empower customers to interact with their home security cameras from anywhere in the world. We're looking for a motivated, experienced Distinguished Software Engineer to design, develop, maintain and own software solutions. We're a backend team solving large-scale video streaming and recording problems to ensure customers have real-time control and visibility into their cameras. You'll be working with our stack of Go, C#, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, SQS, SNS, ffmpeg, WebRTC. The safety of our customers is important, and as such our key pillars are reliability, simplicity, and performance.
Requirements
- 10+ years of industry experience, including having owned the architecture of a production backend system end-to-end, from design through long-term operational ownership.
- 4+ years designing, building, or operating a real-time or low-latency video streaming service, e.g. HLS/DASH delivery
- Experience architecting cloud video storage systems at scale such as designing cost-efficient storage tiers, lifecycle and archival policies, and retention strategies that hold up across millions of recording devices.
- Experience designing metadata and indexing systems for video - enabling fast retrieval and scrubbing of recorded clips by camera, timestamp, or event across large-scale datasets.
- Deep expertise in the implementation of HLS/DASH, fragmented MP4 (fmp4), H.264, and AAC.
- Familiarity with video streaming standards such as adaptive bitrate packaging, video codecs (HEVC, AV1), and transport protocols (SRT, RTMP, WHIP, MoQ).
- Experience with technologies such as WebRTC, GStreamer, ffmpeg, or libav.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decision-making within a team.
- Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Go, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, etc.).
- Passion, curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and grow.
- Extensive experience with AWS, GCP or Azure.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and proven track record to break down complexity.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with IoT or smart home video streaming applications is a plus.
- Familiarity with the Agile Scrum process.
Responsibilities
- Bring your wealth of video knowledge to build and improve SimpliSafe’s video services.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and design simple, reliable, flexible solutions.
- Drive the implementation of those solutions, both by writing code yourself and supporting other engineers with code reviews and mentoring.
- Long-term support & maintenance work, such as performance optimization, bug fixes, feature additions, design and usability improvements, and automation.
- Document the systems you are building to ensure they can be maintained by the next generation of developers.
- Serve as an on-call first responder for software owned by your team.
Benefits
- A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
- A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families
- Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
- annual bonus program
- equity
- full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
