Apple is hiring: Software Engineer, Streaming Media in San Diego

Software Engineer, Streaming Media

San Diego,California,United States

Software and Services

Apple's Audio and Media Technologies Group (AMT) is looking for a creative and dedicated engineer to join our Streaming Media team. This team delivers the technology that powers the media viewing and listening experiences across our entire ecosystem for both 1st party (TV+, Apple Music, Sports) and 3rd party content streaming services (Disney+, Netflix, HBO). We are responsible for implementing software services around linear audiovisual media that includes video-on-demand and live streaming of multimedia content. We are looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer to support us in the design and development of our next generation of media processing systems. The role offers an incredible opportunity to build secure, end-to-end solutions for Apples TV+ and Sports services. You get to develop custom software used to process all the creative work, the tools that providers use to deliver that media, the server-side systems, and the APIs for many Apple services.

**Description**

As an engineer in this team, you'll work on the implementation of content publication workflows, developing/enhancing media parsers, interfacing with video/audio encode systems, quality scalers, and content packaging/encryption pipelines. Your work will encompass deep analysis of our pipelines for performance improvements in the areas of speed and system resource utilization. We are looking for someone who is a detail-oriented professional with excellent communication and presentation skills. You will interface and collaborate with various teams at Apple to come up with innovative, clean and maintainable solutions that can be delivered in a timely manner.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Ability and motivation to understand top to bottom architecture and functional details of a complex system with multiple inter-dependencies.

+ Strong software development experience in C / C++ Proficiency in multi-threaded development and synchronization primitives.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

+ Outstanding analytical, programming and debugging skills

+ BS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience

**Key Qualifications**

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Understanding audio, visual and caption format standards (AVC, HEVC, AAC, ATMOS, WebVTT, IMSC, HDR/SDR, etc)

+ Knowledge of associated media file formats standards (ISO base media file format, CMAF, fMP4, MPEG-2 TS)

+ Experience in the field of video streaming, including commonly used streaming protocols such as HLS, DASH etc

+ Knowledge of streaming network protocols such as SRT, RIST, RTP, UDP etc

+ Experience with software performance optimization

+ Experience using the CoreFoundation, AVFoundation and/or CoreMedia frameworks or equivalent technologies

+ Worked with Open Source multimedia projects (FFMPEG, gstreamer)

+ Experience deploying software on elastic platforms such as Kubernetes, EC2, etc

**Education & Experience**

**Additional Requirements**

**Pay & Benefits**

+ At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $115,700 and $204,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apples discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apples Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Youll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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