Encoding Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

7h

About The Position

The Encoding Engineer will focus on architecting and executing world-class live video streaming operations in no-fail scenarios. You'll deliver innovations and optimizations in video encoding, manifest generation, and stream delivery to provide best-in-class live and VOD viewer experiences across all platforms and devices globally.

Requirements

• 10+ years validated experience in online broadcasting roles at organizations that regularly livestream video to international audiences composed of >5MM concurrent viewers.
• Operational experience with on-premises and cloud-encoding systems.
• Deep technical expertise in HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) protocol, including advanced manifest manipulation, variant stream management, and adaptive bitrate optimization.
• Advanced knowledge of CDN behavior, edge caching strategies, and origin shield architectures as they relate to live streaming delivery.
• Proven track record implementing comprehensive stream health monitoring systems with real-time metrics collection, analysis, and alerting frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with streaming analytics tools and platforms for measuring QoE metrics including buffering ratio, startup time, bitrate distribution, and error rates across millions of concurrent sessions.
• Expert-level proficiency in analyzing streaming telemetry data to identify performance bottlenecks, quality degradation patterns, and viewer experience issues at scale.
• Demonstrable experience documenting streaming best-practices, encoding parameters, and signal flow topologies with attention to scalability and maintainability.
• Experience on technical standards boards or with protocol working groups (IETF, W3C, SMPTE, etc.) strongly preferred.
• Experience collaborating with international partners and collaborators who have varying degrees of technical knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to efficiently translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort with tight-schedules and ambiguity in rapidly-evolving production environment while maintaining quality standards.
• Knowledge of localization and accessibility technologies including subtitle formats (WebVTT, TTML, CEA-608/708), Unicode, and automated retiming and reformatting of assets
• Experience with audio standards and measurements for broadcast including Dolby Atmos and other multi-channel formats.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed