Lead Media Streaming Engineer
Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Location: New York
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
Disney Entertainment & ESPN TechnologyOn any given day at Disney
Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create
magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories
while also transforming Disney's media business for the future.
Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new
and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution
to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's
unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment
to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of
people around the world.A few reasons why we think you'd love
working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:
- Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E
Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that
will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses
for years to come.
- Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and
operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day -
from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and
ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and
techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences
experience sports, entertainment & news.Media Streaming
EngineeringAre you passionate about video encoding technologies and
optimizing video streaming systems? As a Senior Media Streaming
Engineer at Disney, you will be part of the Media Delivery Live
team, which is responsible for the entire audio and video encoding
supply chain from content acquisition to delivery, consisting of an
agile and responsive team of technicians that perform the daily
processes and procedures of our live and on-demand video streaming
products. The department's responsibilities provide round-the-clock
support for these products, ensuring proper functionality across
all platforms and front-end playback scenarios. The Media Delivery
Live team provides technical and engineering support for our
partner products, including workflow design and implementation,
incident management and system health monitoring for live streaming
media orchestration and cross-team
communications.ResponsibilitiesThis is a lead position on the Media
Delivery Live team, a small team of engineers responsible for
implementing, maintaining and supporting live streaming, and
packaging, workflows for Disney's over-the-top video products. It
is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to advance their
career in the live streaming space working in a dynamic,
fast-paced, and sophisticated technical environment.You will be
responsible for architecting, and optimizing, the video encoding
and packaging portion of Disney's video live streaming ecosystem.
You will be a main contributor to the design, deployment, and
maintenance of live encoders in our production environments. The
ideal candidate would an extensive background in live video
streaming technologies. The ideal candidate must also have strong
troubleshooting skills within the entire live video streaming
ecosystem.
- Design and implement new live streaming workflows
- Development support tools, scripts & dashboards
- Develop automation scripting and video analysis tools
- Independently develop and carry out engineering projects that
support ever changing workflows and requirements.
- Identify and implement optimizations related to live encoder
monitoring and alerts in our QA and productions environments.
- Troubleshoot encoding and segmentation issues.
- Independently develop and carry out engineering projects that
support ever changing workflows and requirements.
- Provide maintenance/support of our live encoders and
packagers.
- Provide training to internal team members.
- Documentation of workflows and standard operation
procedures
- Provide external teams with guidance related to live
encoder/packaging workflows.Basic Qualifications
- 7 or more years of progressively complex related
experience.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical
Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience designing and building, live streaming
workflows.
- Experience working with on prem, and cloud based, live
streaming solutions.
- Experience working in a video OTT/broadcast environment.
- Ability to work independently to solve problems in both the
video and IT domains
- Knowledge of video codecs and compression (H.264/AVC,
H.265/HEVC)
- Knowledge of audio codecs and containers (AAC, PCM, AC-3,
EAC-3, MPEG-1 Layer-II)
- Extensive knowledge of ABR/OTT technologies (HLS, DASH)
- High level of experience with MPEG Transport Streams in
broadcast and ABR workflows
- Comfortable with Mac, Linux, and Windows environments,
specifically on the command line.
- Strong communication skills.
- Strong scripting experience (BASH, Python, Ruby)
- Strong experience with automation suites (AWX/Ansible,
Puppet)
- Experience with REST API communication, either manually
(cURL/Postman), or programmatically (through a scripting language
library)
- Experience writing technical documentation for consumption by
both technical and non-technical people.
- Understanding of DAI workflows in an OTT environment.
- Comfortable troubleshooting with Transport Stream and
Elementary Stream analyzers
- Strong to advanced experience with command-line video tools
like FFMPEG, MP4Box, and TSDuck
- Strong network transport knowledge (Multicast, TCP/UDP)
- Comfortable acting as a technical lead to other departments to
address and resolve technical issues.
- Knowledge of the ANSI/SCTE 35 specification
preferred#disneytech
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, California and
Bristol, Connecticut is $124,000 - $166,200 per year and in New
York is $129,900 - $174,100 per year and in The Woodlands, Texas
and Morrisville, North Carolina is $118,000 - 158,200 per year. The
base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity
and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region,
job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of
the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical,
financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and
position offered.
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