Position: Senior Software Engineer
Company: Mobilunity
Category: Python
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-04-01T00:00:00+03:00

Mobilunity is a provider of dedicated development teams aiming to bring European corporate culture to the Ukrainian IT-labor market. Throughout all the years of our existence and until now, we’ve been working hand in hand with European companies as our primary partners. By our own example, we are proving that the dedicated team model works the best in all directions including employee’s interests as people have always been our main asset. Joining Mobilunity you won’t ever feel alone. 

On behalf of our Client from the USA, Mobilunity is looking for a Senior Software Engineer.

Our client company provides an adaptive bitrate streaming service for use with HLS and MPEG-DASH. The video streaming team builds, deploys and supports systems powering some of the largest content providers across the globe with VOD and Linear video streaming. The role you would be applying for is responsible for providing viewers a great experience by writing code that generates dynamic, individualized playback manifests for HLS and MPEG-DASH and developing and integrating the appropriate design patterns.

They utilize Python. A successful candidate will have experience in any programming language, problem solving, an entrepreneurial mindset, and an interest in video, media, &/or dynamically-generated HTTP responses. Exceptional candidates will have experience with HLS &/or DASH, and REST.

Must have skills:

- 5+ years of direct work experience in software development
- Capable of working effectively as a member of a distributed remote team
- Good time management skills
- Work with engineers across the company to optimize the streaming video experience in the context of large scale applications
- Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with:
- HLS &/or DASH streaming
- DRM systems (Fairplay/PlayReady/Widevine)
- Systems handling 8M requests / minute
- Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and CDNs
- Iterating in a legacy codebase in ways that make it easier to maintain and extend
- Python or equivalent languages with a passion for writing highly performant, efficient code
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Experience with high profile, high concurrency events

Responsibilities:

- Work closely with stakeholders in understanding business and technical requirements and developing software to implement them
- Build tools for support and operations to manage aspects of our system
- Developing customer facing APIs and applications in the video and streaming space
- Design and participate in architectural designs, decisions, and implementations
- Implement new protocols and network innovation, with a focus on performance and scalability
- Work cross functionally with multiple development, product management, and operations teams
- Strong communication with a proven ability to work well within a team environment

In return we offer:

- The friendliest community of like-minded IT-people
- Open knowledge-sharing environment – exclusive access to a rich pool of colleagues willing to share their endless insights into the broadest variety of modern technologies
- Mobilunity Medical Insurance program designed to attend our teams’ needs
- Paid vacations and sick leaves, including 5 paid days per year that don’t require a sick note
- Fair salary and 100% taxes coverage – don’t worry about possible taxes raise – we will get you covered
- Perfect office location in the city-center (900m from Lukyanivska metro station with a green and spacious neighborhood) or remote mode engagement: you can choose a convenient one for you, with a possibility to fit together both
- No open-spaces setup – separate rooms for every team’s comfort and multiple lounge and gaming zones on all of the 3 floors
- English classes in 1-to-1 & group modes with elements of gamification
- Neverending fun: sports events, tournaments, music band, multiple affinity groups

 Come on board, and let’s grow together!!!