Senior Research Scientist - Video Algorithms | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA

Senior Research Scientist - Video Algorithms | Netflix, Inc. | Los Gatos, CA

Senior Research Scientist - Video Algorithms

Content Platform Engineering

Los Gatos, CA

The Challenge:
We encode video and audio streams that account for about one third of peak download traffic in North America, and are viewed by more than 53 million subscribers worldwide. We ingest thousands of high profile TV shows and movies and transcode to the best video quality possible. We incorporate automated quality control throughout our pipeline so that our streams play seamlessly on all Netflix-ready devices. We run our ingest and encoding software on the cloud and need to design for efficiency, reliability, and scalability.

How We Meet the Challenge:
A combination of effective signal processing algorithms, excellent software development and strong intuition on what works for a scalable production system plus strategic video research that will help us cope with future demands of our business.

About You:
You are a Senior Research Scientist who has a successful track-record in video coding and video processing research. You have a clear vision of the big picture and motivated to work on difficult problems in the space, but at the same time you are ready to roll-up your sleeves to code, prototype and experiment. You like to work in a small team of video experts, in a fast-paced production environment. You are excited to apply your expertise in impacting what millions of people watch everyday.

Qualifications:
- Solid understanding of video compression and video streaming principles. Extensive experience with compression standards such as Mpeg2, VC1 and H264/AVC and HEVC.
- Strong background in image and signal processing, both algorithm design and implementation (for example, image scaling, deinterlacing, frame rate conversion, artifact detection). Experience with video quality analysis and computer vision also desirable.
- PhD in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent
- 5+ years of postdoctoral research experience, with relevant research publications or contributions to standards.
- Proficient in software development (C/C++ or Java), with excellent debugging and problem solving skills. Experience in writing production software or involvement in open-source multimedia projects (such as ffmpeg, x264, avisynth, mplayer, gstreamer) is a big plus.

As a Senior Research Scientist you will:
- Design and prototype algorithms for improving the quality and performance in our cloud-based video ingest and encoding pipeline
- Conduct research on next-generation video coding
- Participate in research conferences and standardization meetings
- Work closely and assist the Video Engineering team in making decisions related to encoding recipes and new technologies


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