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Embedded Engineer - Streaming in USA

  • Verkada
  • Full time
  • Email
  • San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize embedded video encoding and streaming pipelines for Verkada camera and security devices.
  • Implement and tune hardware-accelerated H.264, H.265/HEVC, and AV1 codecs for performance, quality, and low power consumption.
  • Build and extend GStreamer, FFmpeg, and custom multimedia frameworks for real-time video capture, processing, and delivery.
  • Integrate and optimize RTSP, RTP, RTMP, HLS, DASH, and WebRTC streaming protocols.
  • Profile and optimize startup time, latency, rebuffering, and video quality-of-experience metrics.
  • Debug encoding pipelines, transport layers, and CPU, GPU, and ISP utilization issues.
  • Collaborate with firmware, backend, and native client teams to deliver performant streaming capabilities.

Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in embedded systems development focused on video streaming applications.
  • Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded Linux environments.
  • Willingness and ability to work onsite five days per week.
  • Hands-on experience with video codecs and hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding pipelines is preferred.
  • Familiarity with GStreamer, FFmpeg, or custom video pipelines is preferred.
  • Understanding of video streaming protocols and adaptive bitrate streaming is preferred.
  • Experience optimizing low latency and startup time under constrained resources is preferred.

Benefits

  • Healthcare programs with employee premiums fully covered under at least one plan and family premiums covered at 80% under all plans.
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account.
  • Expanded mental health support.
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits.
  • Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Wellness and fitness benefits.
  • Healthy lunches provided daily.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Visa sponsorship and sponsorship takeover are available.
  • This is an onsite role requiring five days per week in the workplace.

Salary: $130k - $260k/yr

Verkada

Verkada builds an integrated, AI-powered platform that revolutionizes cloud-based physical security solutions. Catering to over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, they simplify safety management with a suite of products including video security, access control, and s...

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