Sr. Software Engineer, Media

The role

You will build large-scale video services and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in high-performance languages. You will also make sure media quality and performance hold up at scale across several products and platforms.

What you will do

• Build the next generation of large-scale video services
• Contribute to and rebuild core media processing and distribution pipelines in Rust, C++, or Go
• Ensure end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building media, video, or streaming systems
• Experience with high-performance C++ or Go

Nice to have

• In-depth knowledge of WebRTC, LL-HLS, or video transcoding pipelines
• Experience building and running scalable and resilient distributed systems
• Experience with one or more of the following languages: Go, C++, Rust, Java, or Scala
• Experience with Kubernetes, FoundationDB, ValKey, Envoy, or S3
• Familiarity with formats such as H.264, H.265, AV1, MP4, CMAF, VMAF, RTP, RTMP, LL-HLS, HDR, and DRM
• Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Various other discounts and perks

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence, including Colossus supercomputers, Grok models, and applications such as Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. This role integrates its AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month.