About the role

  • Provide vision and strategic direction for Core Player Engineering
  • Accomplish business objectives including feature changes in players and global distribution
  • Lead leaders: manage and develop senior managers and technical leads across multiple playback domains
  • Champion observability, data-driven decision making, and playback quality metrics
  • Ensure playback systems are built for scale, resiliency, and low latency
  • Guide teams working on ads and monetization
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with backend streaming infrastructure and client teams
  • Recruit, develop, and retain world-class engineers and leaders

Requirements

  • Minimum of 12 years of related work experience
  • Driving architecture excellence across C++, Rust, Kotlin, and JavaScript ecosystems
  • Expertise in HLS, DASH, CMAF, and low-level playback implementations
  • Leading large, distributed engineering organizations in media playback or adjacent domains
  • Strong executive presence and ability to align technical direction with business strategy
  • Familiarity with ExoPlayer, AVPlayer, MSE/EME, streaming protocols, ads, and device-level porting
  • High-scale streaming media, including live events and global delivery
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study

Benefits

  • A bonus and/or long term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • Full range of medical benefits
  • Financial benefits

Job title

Director, Core Player Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$239,700 - $321,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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