Senior C++ Playback Engineer

Job Title: Senior C++ Playback Engineer

Location: Brazil – São Paulo

Work Model: Hybrid / 100% Remote

Experience: 7+ Years

Project Start: Mid-January

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior C++ Playback Engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance native C++ streaming video players using GStreamer. The role focuses on encrypted video playback across Smart TVs, Set-Top Boxes, and Gaming Consoles.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain native C++ streaming video players.
• Build and maintain GStreamer-based video player plugins.
• Implement DRM-protected playback using Widevine and PlayReady.
• Optimize video playback performance, including Time to First Frame (TTFF).
• Develop and integrate streaming protocols, multimedia frameworks, and REST APIs.
• Make technical and architectural decisions for video player components.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product teams in an Agile environment.
• Maintain technical documentation and deliver clean, testable code.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on C/C++ programming experience.
• Strong experience developing native applications for Smart TVs, Set-Top Boxes, or Gaming Consoles.
• Hands-on experience building streaming video players, preferably using C++.
• Strong knowledge of GStreamer; familiarity with FFmpeg and WebRTC.
• Experience with HLS, Low-Latency HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, RTP, RTMP, and ID3 metadata.
• Strong DRM knowledge: Google Widevine, Microsoft PlayReady, Apple FairPlay, and MPEG Common Encryption (CENC).
• Experience with Smart TV platforms such as Samsung Tizen, Roku, Fire TV, tvOS, Vizio, Hisense, Xbox, or PlayStation.
• Knowledge of Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) streaming and optimization.
• Understanding of video codecs: H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, and AV1.
• Knowledge of Dolby Vision, HDR, WebVTT subtitles, multilingual audio, and closed captioning.
• Understanding of VOD, linear streaming, encoding, transmuxing, packaging, SSAI, playout, and multi-CDN environments.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, Jira, and Confluence.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and ownership skills.