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Senior Java Engineer

1 month ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Backend Engineer
Software Development
CI/CD Java WebRTC
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Wowza

Wowza

Wowza is a trusted video platform offering quality live and VOD streaming services with integrated CMS and analytics, empowering businesses to deliver seamless video experiences globally.

IT Services
51-250
Founded 2005
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Description

  • Design and develop core features within Wowza Streaming Engine for testability and scale.
  • Architect, implement, and optimize live and on-demand streaming pipelines.
  • Design and implement advanced transcoder workflows for new codecs and accelerators.
  • Design and implement highly scalable packaging workflows.
  • Debug and resolve customer-reported issues, bugs, and performance issues.
  • Participate in cross-functional projects from conception through deployment.
  • Serve as a streaming subject matter expert and resource to other team members.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hands-on Java development in performance-critical, large-scale systems.
  • Deep understanding of Java concurrency and multithreading, including thread pools, locks, synchronization, and concurrent data structures.
  • Strong knowledge of JVM internals, including garbage collection tuning (G1, ZGC, Shenandoah), heap/off-heap memory management, and GC pause optimization.
  • Proven ability to optimize Java applications for memory, CPU, and GPU utilization using profiling and diagnostic tools.
  • Experience with JNI (Java Native Interface) for integrating Java with native C/C++ libraries safely.
  • Experience with unit testing, performance testing/tuning, heap dump analysis, thread dump analysis, and debugging complex multithreaded Java applications.
  • 5+ years of experience in transcoding and packaging workflows, preferably with Wowza or similar platforms.
  • Deep knowledge of video codecs including H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP8/VP9, and AV1.
  • Hands-on experience with GPU- or VPU-accelerated transcoding pipelines.
  • Extensive experience with streaming protocols such as RTMP, RTSP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, or WebRTC.
  • Knowledge of content encryption and DRM.
  • Familiarity with video quality metrics such as PSNR, SSIM, and VMAF.
  • Experience with C/C++ development and reading, debugging, or contributing to native codebases that interface with Java via JNI (nice to have).
  • Contributions to open-source video projects such as FFmpeg or gStreamer (nice to have).
  • Experience with Wowza Streaming Engine (nice to have).
  • Understanding of build and CI/CD systems and test automation frameworks for large-scale software (nice to have).
  • Experience creating and documenting public APIs and publicly available SDKs (nice to have).

Benefits

  • Salary range of $175,000 to $200,000.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance effective on day 1.
  • 401(k) with strong company match.
  • Dependent Care FSA.
  • Employer-paid life insurance and AD&D, plus voluntary life insurance for employee, spouse, and child.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

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