Senior Software Developer

About Wowza

Wowza Media Systems is a Colorado-based global leader in video streaming software backed by Clearhaven Partners (Boston, MA). Our flagship product, Wowza Streaming Engine, is one of the streaming industry’s most foundational, widely adopted, widely trusted and often imitated media server software products.

Organizations with mission-critical video rely on Wowza. Our technology helps power streaming workflows for customers including ESPN, Axon, NASA, Space

X, Blue Origin, Palantir and many others. Across education, healthcare, enterprise, gaming, government and more, Wowza’s software has been implemented in more than 30,000 customer video solutions in over 100 countries.

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior software developer who understands the key stages involved in processing and delivering video content. You will play a central role in the evolution of Wowza Streaming Engine, a core component of the streaming infrastructure used by thousands of organizations. This role is ideal for someone who already works with modern video pipelines and wants to contribute directly to a highly impactful, large-scale product.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop and enhance core features of the Wowza Streaming Engine with a strong focus on reliability and performance
• Design and implement advanced workflows for new codecs and hardware accelerators
• Optimize packaging pipelines for large scale live and on demand streaming
• Tune and optimize GPU or VPU accelerated transcoding workflows to balance performance, cost and quality
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues related to video protocols, media pipelines and formats
• Contribute to internal standards, formats and best practices in video streaming
• Collaborate closely with product, support and customer facing teams
• Act as a subject matter expert in video technologies for other engineering teams

Technical Requirements

• 5+ years experience in software development using Java, C++, Go or Rust
• Experience designing, building and maintaining complex or distributed systems
• Hands on experience with video streaming, transcoding and packaging workflows
• Solid knowledge of modern video codecs (H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1)
• Experience with hardware accelerated transcoding (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD or equivalent)
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and formats (HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, RTSP, CMAF, WebRTC)
• Understanding of content encryption mechanisms and DRM workflows
• Knowledge of video quality metrics (PSNR, SSIM, VMAF)
• Ability to act as a technical reference and support peers when needed
• Experience with unit testing, performance optimization and debugging multithreaded Java applications
• Experience with Java native integrations using JNI

Nice To Have

• Contributions to open-source video projects.
• Direct experience with Wowza Streaming Engine or Wowza Video.
• Experience with CI CD pipelines and automated testing environments.
• Experience creating public APIs or SDKs.

Why Join Wowza and This Team

• Work on a foundational product in the global video ecosystem.
• Direct impact on the quality, performance and reliability of production streaming workflows.
• Senior, pragmatic and collaborative engineering team.
• Flexible work options from Montreal or anywhere in Canada.

Benefits and Perks

We offer a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive set of benefits designed to support you and your family. While specifics may vary by country, for Canada you can expect:

• Competitive base salary aligned to the Montreal market and your experience
• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement savings program with company contribution
• Short term and long term disability coverage
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Employee assistance program and wellness support

Who We Are, Culturally

At Wowza, you will be part of a fast paced, mission driven team that powers real world, high impact use cases, from live streaming graduations to supporting critical monitoring and decision workflows. We encourage ownership, collaboration, and curiosity, and we take pride in building software that other engineers love to run in production.

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