Senior Software Engineer for Video Encoding

Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Gadgets of 2014, the sleek RingTM Video Doorbell is the world’s first battery-operated, Wi-Fi-enabled, HD video doorbell. The device enables homeowners to see and speak with visitors from anywhere in the world by streaming live audio and video of a home’s front doorstep directly to the free iOS or Android app.

Ring is looking for a dedicated and talented Video Software Engineer to help us continue to build revolutionary products in the home security and monitoring space.

* Develop, maintain, monitor, and improve media streaming and processing systems at massive scales. * Analyze large datasets to obtain insights and target performance and efficiency enhancements. * Interface with APIs, databases, and other cloud-based and remote systems, as well as firmware systems. * Interact with QA, customer service, executive, and other engineering teams to monitor issues and drive development of streaming features.

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities** * BA/BS degree in Computer Science * 5+ years of experience developing with C/C++ in Linux environments * Expert and working knowledge of multimedia concepts such as framerate, sampling frequency, bitrate, and compression quality * Expert and working knowledge of common encoding formats and containers, such as H264, MP4, MP2-TS, and AAC * Hands-on 5+ years of experience in session and transmission schemes such as SIP, RTSP, RTP, RTCP, MPEG-DASH, and HLS * Experience detecting and compensating for network effects such as delay, interference, or loss * Experience with multimedia command-line tools and libraries such as FFmpeg * Experience utilizing cloud services, and basic cloud concepts such as scaling and distribution * Standard team collaboration concepts such as source control, bug tracking, ticketing, and code reviews. * Ruby, Python, Lua, Go, or other scripting language. **Nice to have:** * MS in Computer Science * Have worked on real-time streaming technologies at scale