Saturday, 2 August 2014

Senior Software Engineer - Accessibility Services | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA


Senior Software Engineer - Accessibility Services | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA


Engineering

Senior Software Engineer - Accessibility Services

Content Platform Engineering

Los Gatos, CA

Netflix is the premier video streaming service accounting for more than 30% of peak US traffic, and we are rapidly building out an international service.  Accessibility is a key component of our service, and we are working hard to deliver the same great Netflix experience to the hearing-challenged community.  As a best-of-breed software engineer who is passionate about accessibility and captioning, your work will have a direct impact on the streaming experience of millions of people. You will join an extremely talented team of multimedia experts, and will have a great opportunity deliver caption/subtitle tools and technologies at cloud scale. 

The Opportunity:
- Architect and design tools for automated inspection, conformance, and conversion of caption and subtitle assets.
- Drive our captioning tools and processes to global scale.
- Gain experience working on the world’s most scalable, cloud-deployed audio and video processing pipeline.
- Participate in standards committees and working groups to help drive caption standards forward (i.e. TTML, WebVTT, SMPTE, EBU, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications: 
- 5+ years of relevant software development experience 
- Passionate about accessibility and closed captioning
- Expert in OO design and implementation using Java, C# or C++ 
- Commitment to best SW design and development

Preferred Qualifications:
- Expert in two or more caption formats such as CEA-608, W3C-TTML, WebVTT, etc.
- Experience with streaming video services a major plus
 
 
 
 
 

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