C++ Encoding Engineer

C++ Encoding Engineer
Braga
Braga, Braga, Portugal

Senior / Lead C++ Encoding Engineer - OTT / Streaming Industry

Location: Remote

Duration: 3 Month Minimum

Time Zone: EU hours

About Ovyo:

Ovyo is an professional services company specializing in the satellite, telecommunications, media, and broadcasting, transportation and many more sectors. Our management team is located in the UK and Portugal and we have technical teams based across other European countries, US and India.

We’re looking for a Senior/Lead C++ Engineers to drive an
- house
- time video encoding and transcoding platform. You’ll own
- critical C++ components for encoding, packaging, encryption, and delivery of live video to millions worldwide; tune codecs across CPU and hardware accelerators; master HLS/DASH/CMAF; and ship
- solid production pipelines.

Requirements:

• Deep C++ expertise in
  - critical,
  - time systems
• Hands-on experience with x264, x265, NVENC, or equivalent codec implementations and APIs
• Proven track record optimizing in
  - constrained environments
• Strong experience with build systems, binary distribution, and reproducible builds
• Solid understanding of OTT streaming formats (HLS, DASH, CMAF)

Ideally you'll have experience in:

• Kubernetes
• Low level debugging
• AWS, GCP Akamai Linode Cloud tooling