Description
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Core Media Technology (CMT) team in DEEP&T's Media Engineering organization.
The team focuses on video and audio processing to drive innovative enhancements into their video processing platform for live and on-demand video streaming delivery.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be focused on research and development for future generation image and video coding, especially through the application of ML/AI methods.
Responsibilities:
- Participate and represent Disney at AOM and connect with academic research groups, conferences, and other standard bodies such as MPEG, IETF, and VQEG.
- Conduct innovative research and advanced development involving advanced computer vision algorithms and applied ML/AI techniques to address tasks such as media enhancement, understanding, analysis, compression, and enhancing storytelling through innovative media experiences.
- Design video algorithms and software workflows for achieving velocity, scale, and efficiency to further optimize their media platform.
- Drive architectural innovation and significant IP generation both internally and at the standards level.
- Represent the organization in technical discussions and drive major technical advancements.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a related field.
- Deep expertise in video coding standards such as AV1, AV2, AVC, HEVC, VVC.
- Strong algorithm background for both traditional block-based and emerging neural network-based video coding tools.
- Strong background in applying deep learning techniques to video processing tasks.
- Proven track record of IP generation.
- In-depth understanding and experience with multimedia stack, multimedia frameworks, and video coding/processing methods.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge and experience with C/C++ and Python.
- Extensive experience in deploying and optimizing AI/ML models and frameworks.
- Applied knowledge of Media Metadata and Processing.
- Applied knowledge of ABR algorithms and transport formats.
- Knowledge of gStreamer Media Framework.
Salary: $209,500.00 - $280,900.00 per year (San Francisco, CA) or $182,200.00 - $244,300.00 per year (Morrisville, NC)