OVP Architect
Location: ES, , Chamberi | Madrid
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Entertainment
Function: Information Technology
Company profile: Entertainment everywhere.  Operating under the StarzPlay brand, Playco Ltd., delivers a premium video-on-demand service.  We believe that the home entertainment experience should be available for everyone everywhere. We bridge our cutting-edge technology with in-demand TV series, top quality movies, and a large range of children's programming to reinvent, redefine & shape the viewing experience. Our site allows subscribing users to access premium entertainment content from across the globe. Gone are the days of waiting an entire season to watch your favorite series, as viewers will have access to in-demand, exclusive day-and-date premieres, along with a large selection of movies and box office releases.Playco is currently present in 2 continents with plans to become increasingly global. We encourage and support our employees who wish to relocate to other Playco offices, as we believe that international mobility strengthens and shapes the international culture of Playco.Learn more about us on LinkedIn Do you have what it takes to work with us?Self-startersCreative thinkersProblem-solvers (not problem-identifiers)Affinity for working in teams Sense of humor A MUST!A fine appreciation of TV and film (we might ask for a detailed list)
Description: We are building the next generation of video-on-demand (VoD) and are currently building an all-star team who will help turn our company into a leader in its field. Do you want to be at the crossroads of new technologies and media? Are you hungry to implement creative and practical solutions to challenging situations? The RoleAs Senior OVP Architect you will be at the cutting edge of how media and technology interact. Your primary role will be to own our video platform architecture including the workflow, ingest, VCMS, DRM and player strategy, and CDN integration.Success in this position will require the ability to research thoroughly and present findings that can form a path to implementation or optimization of existing processes. Also critical to the role is advanced knowledge of DRMs (must be able to articulate between various DRMs offered by Microsoft, Google, and Adobe, then implement), browser and mobile device players (including integration with VCM’s) and content security requirements by studios. Within the first 30 days you will be expected to:Manage all video delivery integration points between different processes ultimately involved in delivering video-to-end subscribers from the initial mezzanine ingestion to end subscriber video playback requests. Web services and API knowledge is important.Setup end-to-end workflow encompassing ingestion, profile management, transcoding integration, subtitle/dubbing, packaging, DRM license process and CDN integration. Work on transcoder and packager to maintain existing profiles, and continue to optimize for target market nuances per region. Manage CDN optimization and load balancing over different CDN providers by setting appropriate priorities based on capacity, availability and price.
Requirements: Your ProfileYou are a seasoned professional who is comfortable being hands-on with development where/whenever needed and operational during launch and beyond.  Your experience working in a team environment and being the point-of-contact for all things video delivery make you a crucial member of our team. Your knowledge of the ingestion process and the tools involved with content preparation also make you a cross-functional asset to our team. The degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent, combined with your proven experience in deploying at least one similar VoD service and/or IPTV project make you an expert in this field. Additionally, you are an expert in understanding of modern, agile and object-oriented programming software development with Java, Amazon Web Services, Tomcat, and JVM languages (e.g. Scala, Groovy). Talent is critical, but personality is also a big deciding factor for our candidates. Your excellent interpersonal skills, amazing work ethic, and willingness to work on a broad variety of matters and issues make you an integral member of our team. BonusKnowledge of digital video technologies (video asset management, video encoding and delivery, ingest/play-out, DRM, VOD, and linear programming, etc.)Professional proficiency in Arabic.Familiarity with digital video endpoint platforms such as Xbox, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Smart TVs and the technologies they are built on a big bonus!Expertise in Mulesoft, LAMP, PHP, Cache, Full-stack.Agile management experience.Extensive use of APIs. Appreciation of TV and film.Key Words Associated with Role Microsoft Playready, Widevine, Adobe Primetime, HLS, DASH, Automated QC, DRM, CDN, Meta data management, Web Services, APIs, Player development, Workflow management, Flash, HTML5, Encrypted Media Extensions, Content Decryption Module, License Key Server, AWS, thePlatform, MPX, Cedexis, Load balancing, Adaptive bit rates, XML feeds, Elemental, #URL_aa7d4cbab7e2ec44b03f20bd458b8188182b67d3876cdf2b0563d74eec2b49d8#, Mulesoft, ESB, Entitlements, #URL_ece38d97f8dca79605c6160f588e7ea75a4ddcd7fb735e8684ceb4c653294d38#, SOAP, REST, Aspera, Signiant, Final Cut Pro, Origin server, Chromecast, DLNA, Fairplay, Player analytics.
Benefits: Why Join Us? Growing international team with colleagues from all around the world. Combined, we speak 7 native languages (English, Swedish, Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Romanian).Open-space office structure.Mac Book.Located in the heart of sunny Madrid.Compensation philosophy: You pay for what you get and we want the best!
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