Principal Software Engineer
The Walt Disney Company3 months ago
Base Salary
$176k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct research and advanced development for next-generation image and video coding using ML/AI methods.
- Develop advanced computer vision algorithms and applied ML/AI techniques for media enhancement, understanding, analysis, compression, and storytelling experiences.
- Design and implement video processing, encoding, and end-to-end streaming algorithms and software workflows for live and on-demand media.
- Optimize video and multimedia platforms for velocity, scale, efficiency, quality, and performance.
- Drive architectural innovation, significant IP generation, and contributions to media standards.
- Represent Disney in technical discussions with AOM, academic research groups, conferences, MPEG, IETF, VQEG, and other standards bodies.
- Act as a strategic technical domain expert and influence long-term technology and product development.
- Collaborate globally with engineering resources in Zurich, Bangalore, the United States, and Beijing.
- Work with senior leaders to drive major technical advancements.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in a related field.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, with directly related industry experience in video codecs.
- Deep expertise in video coding standards including AV1, AV2, AVC, HEVC, and VVC.
- Strong algorithm background in traditional block-based and emerging neural-network-based video coding tools.
- Strong experience applying deep learning to video enhancement, video understanding, video coding, and video analysis.
- Proven track record of intellectual property generation and research or advanced development in video coding, media processing, video quality, computer vision, or computer graphics.
- In-depth understanding of multimedia stacks, including video formats, encoders, decoders, video playback, players, multimedia frameworks, and video coding and processing methods.
- Preferred knowledge of C/C++ and Python.
- Preferred experience deploying and optimizing AI/ML models and frameworks, including latent-variable generative models and finite-precision optimization.
- Applied knowledge of media metadata, processing, adaptive bitrate algorithms, and transport formats.
- Knowledge of the gStreamer Media Framework.
- Experience building web applications and dashboards for data visualization.
- Experience working with Docker.
- Experience with web service development, XML/JSON, release management tools, Git/GitHub, and highly scalable distributed applications.
Benefits
- Full-time employment.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided depending on the level and position offered.
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided in addition to base pay.
- The role is based in San Francisco, California, or Morrisville, North Carolina, with collaboration across Disney's global engineering locations.
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