Senior Principal Video Player and Video Encoding Engineer

** Job Description*
* ** Work Locations:*
* + Nashville, TN

+ Austin, TX

+ Broomfield, CO

+ Seattle, WA

+ Redwood City, CA

** Overview*
* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is building Oracle Video @ Edge, a next-generation streaming platform for live and linear video delivery. We are seeking a Senior Principal Video Player and Video Encoding Engineer to define how encoded media is prepared, delivered, and played back across OVE-supported environments.

This role will connect player behavior, encoding and packaging decisions, low-latency streaming, hybrid delivery paths, and QoE outcomes into a coherent engineering strategy for OVE.

** Why OCI*
* + Build next-generation live streaming infrastructure with direct viewer impact

+ Work across media, networking, edge delivery, playback, and encoding systems

+ Shape a greenfield platform with strong strategic priority

+ Solve practical problems that determine customer adoption and live-event readiness

** Responsibilities*
* ** Responsibilities*
* + Define OVE playback and encoding architecture for live and linear streaming

+ Design encoding ladders, GOP structures, CMAF packaging profiles, and low-latency media preparation strategies

+ Develop or guide player integrations across web, mobile, and CTV environments

+ Tune A , buffering, startup, failover, and latency behavior for hybrid UDP and HTTP delivery

+ Partner with relay, control plane, observability, and customer teams to debug end-to-end playback issues

+ Define quality metrics and validation workflows for encoding and playback performance

+ Support customer pilots, live-event readiness, and post-event analysis

** Qualifications*
* + 10+ years of experience in video player development, media streaming systems, encoding systems, or related infrastructure

+ Deep expertise in HLS, DASH, CMAF, low-latency streaming, A , buffering, and playback QoE

+ Strong understanding of video encoding, codecs, bitrate ladders, GOP design, packaging, and device decode constraints

+

Experience with DRM, ad break transitions, timed metadata, and live-event playback behavior is preferred

+ Strong debugging skills across client, edge, origin, CDN, encoded media, and backend systems

+ Programming experience in JavaScript, Type Script, C++, Java, Go, Python, or similar production languages

Disclaimer:

** Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.*
* ** Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only*
* US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2.
Short term disability and long term disability

3.
Life insurance and AD&D

4.
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8.
Paid time off:
Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment.

Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

9.
11 paid holidays

10.  Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar…