Staff Software Engineer, Video Enablement

About the role

GameChanger is a remote-first, dynamic tech company based in New York City. We are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today by building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community. We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer/Architect to lead the expansion of our video capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, code, and support video features across the video pipeline stack, including live video ingestion, transcoding, integration, storage, and playback/consumption at scale.
• Collaborate closely with the Engineering Manager and Product Manager on technical roadmap and strategy.
• Help define and build real-time monitoring and measurement systems for critical operational workflows in the video pipeline.
• Support the video workflows through an occasional on-call rotation.
• Lead, mentor, interview, and onboard other software engineers in the video and live-streaming space.

Requirements

• Strong background in video and audio streaming, preferably with a focus on live-streaming of user-generated content.
• Extensive experience architecting and building scalable and high-performance video pipelines in cloud environments.
• Experience designing/building/connecting internal APIs/SDKs across the stack (backend to front end).
• Hands-on software development experience designing and building live and VOD streaming workflows.
• Proficiency reading (preferably coding) in languages commonly used in the video space, such as c#/golang/C++/Rust/Python, as well as experience in other higher-level languages such as Node/Typescript, React, or mobile languages like Kotlin or Swift.
• Familiarity with mobile video broadcasting of user-generated content and the challenges of optimizing streaming quality and reliability across a variety of devices and network conditions.
• Experience with one or more video players.
• Front end development experience in web, iOS (Swift), and/or Android (Kotlin).

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator and writer capable of breaking down complex projects and technical details for stakeholders of varying expertise.
• Proven track record of effective technical leadership in software engineering roles in the video streaming space.
• Comfortable working across multiple technologies, programming languages, and areas of the video stack.
• Able to foster collaboration and teamwork within technical teams.
• Loves learning the latest tech in the mobile and live streaming spaces, and loves teaching it to other engineers and product managers.

Skills

• Strong understanding of audio and video packaging principles, codecs, and other associated technologies and tools, including their relative tradeoffs.
• Experience with AWS but any cloud/container experience is fine.
• Experience with mobile video broadcasting of user-generated content and the challenges of optimizing streaming quality and reliability across a variety of devices and network conditions.
• Experience with one or more video players.
• Experience with mobile development in web, iOS (Swift), and/or Android (Kotlin).
• Experience with front end development in web, iOS (Swift), and/or Android (Kotlin).
• Familiarity with CV concepts, architectures, and/or tools.
• Familiarity with video advertising systems concepts, architectures, and/or tools.

Benefits

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology.
• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.
• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development.
• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe.
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Roth 401K plan is offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.
• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.
• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.
• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.
• DICK’S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.

Pay

The target salary range for this position is between $169,000 and $185,000. This is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles.

Schedule

We are a remote-first company and offer flexible schedules to accommodate your needs.