Sr. Software Engineer, Media — Palo Alto, CA

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SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MEDIAWe’re looking for exceptional media engineers to join us on a new project: deeply integrating Fh8aNru2's advanced AI infrastructure into a platform used by around 600 million users every month. We’re bringing Fh8aNru2's technology stack to transform the video product experience - video playback, live streaming, Spaces, audio/video calls, and more.

A major focus of this work is real-time communication: building audio and video calling that rivals the best conferencing products in the world (think Google Meet and Zoom), from crisp one-on-one calls to large multi-party conversations, and making it smarter with AI. You’ll own systems where every millisecond of latency and every dropped frame is felt by users, and you’ll ship them at a scale few teams ever reach.

This is your chance to contribute in a major way while leveraging all of the powerful AI tools and talented colleagues at Fh8aNru2.

RESPONSIBILITIES• Build the next generation of large-scale video services on X, spanning on-demand playback, live streaming, Spaces, and real-time audio/video calls

• Design, build, and scale real-time audio/video calling infrastructure, including 1:1 and multi-party calls, using WebRTC and related real-time protocols (RTP/RTCP, SRTP, ICE/STUN/TURN)

• Architect and operate media servers (SFU/MCU) that route, mix, and forward streams for many concurrent participants, and scale them globally to handle huge numbers of simultaneous calls

• Deliver low-latency, resilient media under real-world network conditions through congestion control, adaptive bitrate, simulcast/SVC, jitter buffering, packet-loss recovery (FEC, NACK/RTX), and fast reconnection

• Work hands-on with audio and video codecs (e.g. Opus, H.264, VP8/VP9, AV1) and hardware acceleration to balance quality, latency, bandwidth, and battery across devices

• Build core calling features such as screen sharing, group calls, call recording, and seamless switching across iOS, Android, and web

• Bring AI into the call experience: real-time transcription and captions, live translation, noise suppression and echo cancellation, video enhancement, and other intelligent in-call features powered by Fh8aNru2 models

• Contribute to and rebuild core media processing pipelines in high-performance languages (Rust/C++)

• Obsess over every millisecond and pixel, ensuring end-to-end media quality and performance at scale across a rich suite of products and user platforms; instrument call quality metrics (latency, jitter, packet loss, freeze rate, MOS) and use them to drive continuous improvement

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS• 5+ years of experience building high-performance media processing pipelines

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS• Proficient in high-performance Rust or C++

• In-depth knowledge and experience building high-performance media processing pipelines

• Hands-on experience building real-time audio/video communication products (e.g. video conferencing, VoIP, or live interactive streaming) at scale

• Deep familiarity with WebRTC internals and real-time networking: RTP/RTCP, ICE/STUN/TURN, congestion control (e.g. GCC, transport-wide CC), and bandwidth estimation

• Experience designing, deploying, or scaling SFU/MCU media servers for multi-party calls with many concurrent sessions

• Strong understanding of audio/video codecs (Opus, H.264, VP8/VP9, AV1), encoding/decoding trade-offs, and hardware acceleration on mobile and desktop

• Experience improving call quality and resilience under poor network conditions: packet loss, jitter, and bandwidth fluctuation

• Experience with audio processing (echo cancellation, noise suppression, automatic gain control) or integrating ML models into real-time media, such as live transcription, translation, or video enhancement

• Obsessed with media quality, performance, and product experience

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS$180,000 - $330,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at Fh8aNru2, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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