About The Position
The Starz Digital Platform team has an opening for a software development intern. The intern will work with many aspects of a streaming service, such as encryption/security, packaging/transcoding, and licensing/delivery. They will collaborate with other back-end developers, as well as QA, cloud engineering, and front-end development teams. Successful applicants will have introductory knowledge of how video streaming services operate and a strong desire to expand this knowledge. The intern will learn how professional developers build and maintain applications for streaming video and contribute to the team’s mission to deliver video to Starz customers. The successful candidate will join a team of senior technologists who are dedicated to utilizing the right technologies for a large-scale, consumer-facing system.
Requirements
- Proficiency with C# or similar programming language
- Currently pursuing BS Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Strong problem-solving skills
Nice To Haves
- Interest / understanding of video technologies, including: Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems (Fairplay/Widevine/PlayReady)
- Streaming media protocols, technologies and standards (streaming, compression, and transcoding): HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, etc.
- Video transcoding and ABR streaming
- Ability to clearly communicate
- Experience with Cloud Services (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud) Lambda EC2 Fargate
Responsibilities
- Work on development tasks for video delivery systems, to include materials ingest, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Adaptive Bitrate Streaming formats, and content delivery
- Participate in development discussions and complete assigned tasks
- Collaborate with the broader development team, quality assurance professionals, designers, business analysts and other software engineers in an open, creative environment
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
