Senior Principal Video Player and Video Encoding Engineer
Overview
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is building Oracle Video @ Edge, a next-generation streaming platform for live and linear video delivery. We are seeking a Senior Principal Video Player and Video Encoding Engineer to define how encoded media is prepared, delivered, and played back across OVE-supported environments.
Responsibilities
- Define OVE playback and encoding architecture for live and linear streaming
- Design encoding ladders, GOP structures, CMAF packaging profiles, and low-latency media preparation strategies
- Develop or guide player integrations across web, mobile, and CTV environments
- Tune ABR, buffering, startup, failover, and latency behavior for hybrid UDP and HTTP delivery
- Partner with relay, control plane, observability, and customer teams to debug end-to-end playback issues
- Define quality metrics and validation workflows for encoding and playback performance
- Support customer pilots, live-event readiness, and post-event analysis
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in video player development, media streaming systems, encoding systems, or related infrastructure
- Deep expertise in HLS, DASH, CMAF, low-latency streaming, ABR, buffering, and playback QoE
- Strong understanding of video encoding, codecs, bitrate ladders, GOP design, packaging, and device decode constraints
- Experience with DRM, ad break transitions, timed metadata, and live-event playback behavior is preferred
- Strong debugging skills across client, edge, origin, CDN, encoded media, and backend systems
- Programming experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, C++, Java, Go, Python, or similar production languages
Pay
Hiring Range in USD: $135,200 - $306,400 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Benefits
Oracle offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, short term and long term disability, life insurance, AD&D, supplemental life insurance, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter and parking benefits, 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match, paid time off, paid sick leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning and group legal, and voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.