Member of Technical Staff - Media

SpaceXAI

$180K — $440K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience in media engineering or related fields.
  • Passion for media quality, performance, and enhancing user experience.
  • Proficient in high-performance programming languages, especially C++ or Go.
  • Experience with WebRTC, LL-HLS, or video transcoding processes.
  • Skilled in developing scalable and resilient distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Build the next generation of large-scale video services for 600 million users.
  • Reconstruct core media processing and distribution pipelines using Rust, C++, or Go.
  • Ensure end-to-end media quality and performance at scale for various products and platforms.
  • Focus on optimizing video playback, live streaming, and audio/video calls.
  • Work closely with a talented team leveraging advanced AI technology.

Benefits

  • Equity participation in compensation packages.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance.
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Short & long-term disability insurance included.
  • Life insurance and additional discounts and perks offered.
Full Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE:

We're looking for exceptional media engineers who want to join us on a new project to deeply integrate SpaceXAI's advanced AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month. We're bringing SpaceXAI's technology stack and using it to transform the video product experience - video playback, live streaming, Spaces, audio/video calls, and more. This is your chance to contribute in a major way while leveraging all of the powerful AI tools and talented colleagues at SpaceXAI.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Build the next generation of large-scale video services
  • Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust, C++ or Go)
  • Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • At least 5 years of experience
  • Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience
  • Proficient in high performance C++ or Go
  • In-depth knowledge of either WebRTC or LL-HLS or video transcoding pipelines
  • Familiar with building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Go, C++, Rust, Java, Scala
  • Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey, Envoy, S3
  • H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, RTP, RTMP, LL-HLS, HDR, DRM
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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