Video AI Engineer

About the role

As a Video AI Engineer, you'll enhance video codec standards to improve real-time video quality and performance in Zoom products. Work across our stack, developing software ranging from Web Server to business application layer for our distributed, cloud-hosted backend. You will work alongside fellow experts in the field, deliver happiness to our users, and grow your knowledge base each and every day.

About the team

Our global team, including members in China and Singapore, focuses on improving video quality and performance in Zoom products. You'll collaborate with experts to enhance user experiences and grow your skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop video processing applications for desktop and mobile systems.
• Research and evaluate the performance of video processing algorithms.
• Design and develop algorithms for Zoom’s video processing pipelines at both module and system levels.
• Implement video processing algorithms with modular and well-structured code.
• Optimize algorithms to enhance performance across various platforms.
• Customize, integrate, and deploy deep learning models for real-world applications on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
• Set up test environments, develop test tools, and design unit tests for software runtime verification.

Requirements

• Hold a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field; or a Masters with 3 years of relevant experience; or 7 years of equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with C/C++ or Objective-C, and Python, talking avatar/head/portrait (with released projects and top conference papers).
• Experience with neural rendering, generative models, diffusion models, transfer learning, or Gaussian Splatting.
• Background in image and video processing.
• Effective communication, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with multithreaded programming and multimedia data processing.

Pay

Minimum salary range or on-target earnings: $137,700.00 – $275,400.00. In addition to base salary, Zoom offers total direct compensation including bonus and equity value. Starting pay is based on qualifications, experience, and location.

Schedule

This role follows a structured hybrid approach, centered around offices and remote work environments.

Benefits

As part of our award-winning workplace culture, our benefits program offers perks to help employees maintain physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community. Benefits include:

• Comprehensive health and wellness options
• Work-life balance support
• Community contribution programs