Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join the Video Encoding and Delivery team at Fandango at Home as a Senior Software Engineer. You will build and enhance video ingestion, encoding, packaging, and validation systems for millions of users across VOD, AVOD, and Live workflows. Your responsibilities include developing and optimizing video services, ensuring efficient and secure delivery across various devices and platforms. You will collaborate with engineers, infrastructure, and quality teams to evolve the cloud-based media pipeline. This hands-on role requires expertise in backend or media systems, clean code, and high-performance environments. You will be a key part of a mission-critical team ensuring high-quality video delivery. This fully remote position offers the opportunity to contribute to a pivotal moment in the company's transition to Versant.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software development, with strong expertise in Python and Java
• Practical experience with video delivery technologies, including ingestion pipelines, encoding, packaging, validation, DRM, and encryption
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and manifest formats such as DASH, CMAF, and HLS
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and automated testing strategies
• Strong communicator who can work effectively across technical and operational domains
• A proactive problem-solver with a keen eye for diagnosing and resolving edge-case playback and packaging issues
• Passion for learning and staying current with evolving video standards, cloud practices, and secure delivery models
• Experience working in a distributed team across time zones and disciplines

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance our video ingestion, encoding, packaging, and validation systems to support scalable, secure, and standards-compliant video delivery (e.g., DASH, HLS, CMAF)
• Own features and services that manage the content lifecycle—from ingestion through final packaging and readiness for playback
• Integrate seamlessly with ad-related workflows, ensuring proper signaling and playback behavior
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to optimize compatibility and performance across diverse platforms
• Partner with quality and test engineers to automate validation and ensure accurate, efficient content delivery
• Contribute to platform reliability by building systems that are observable, maintainable, and scalable in modern cloud environments
• Support future efforts to build internal tools and services that evaluate and improve encoding quality
• Develop and maintain distributed microservices for video ingestion, encoding, packaging, validation, and lifecycle management
• Debug and resolve issues related to playback performance, packaging compliance, and system reliability
• Build automation to test, validate, and monitor content readiness across platforms and regions
• Participate in design reviews and collaborate with the Principal Engineer on key system improvements
• Work within an Agile team, contributing to regular stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in scripting or additional languages such as C, C++, Bash