Staff Engineer - Streaming Services and Adaptive Player

Company Summary

DISH, an EchoStar company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products and now we are building America's First Smart Network™.

Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile.

Department Summary

Our Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our people play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities and skills include the following areas:

• Intimate knowledge of media playback engines and streaming protocols.
• Working on an agile team using CI / CD best practices to deliver the highest quality software possible quickly
• A strong desire to learn new things and continually improve yourself and those around you with a "can do anything" mentality
• You live to experiment, test, fail fast, and learn as you go, we are not looking for a cookie-cutter solution to the complex problems we solve

A successful Staff Engineer - Streaming Services should have:

• A 4-year college degree in Computer Science / Information Technology, master's degree is preferred or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of overall software development experience and with at least 3+ year experience in the development of REST API with thorough knowledge of MPEG DASH & HLS protocols.
• Experience with one or more of the following:
• Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice
• Should be well aware of MPEG DASH, HTTP Live Streaming protocol.
• Hands-on experience in Rust, Golang, Python django, C++ is a must.
• Experience in Distributed Cache Management (Redis Cache, MemCached, or similar)
• Ability to accurately estimate software tasks and work to schedule.
• Experience with GIT and JIRA is an add-on.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strengths in problem-solving, issue resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.

Skills, Experience and Requirements

• Knowledge of MPEG DASH, HLS streaming protocol.
• Strong proficiency in Rust, Golang, Linux.
• Experience in Distributed Cache Management (Redis Cache, MemCached, or similar)
• Working experience in REST API/API Gateway.
• Familiarity with virtualization and Cloud technologies (Kubernetes/Dockers/OpenStack/VMware etc)

Benefits

• Employee Stock Purchase
• Term Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Training Reimbursement
• Gratuity
• Mobile and Internet Reimbursement
• Team Outings