Senior Engineer/Staff Engineer, MacOS X & Cross-Platform

Job Title: Senior Engineer/Staff Engineer, MacOS X & Cross-Platform
Location: North America - Foster City, CA
Department: Engineering Group
Reports To: Vice President of Engineering

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General Summary

 

This position is responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of cross-platform Slingbox client software, utilities, development tools and future company products targeting MacOS X in an environment which extends to Microsoft Windows as well.

Essential Responsibilities

• Directly participate in design and development of multimedia software products for MacOS X.
• Integration of various product components and maintenance of product release process.
• Regular status updates and communication with management.
• Collecting input and acting on communications with product development leads, product definitions team, and QA group.
• Team code review and maintenance.
• Insure that project source code follows company guidelines.
• Team members training and mentoring.
• Prepare and maintain project technical documentation following company guidelines.

Job Specifications/Requirements

• BS in Computer Science.
• At least 3 years experience in team software development with C++ and multi-threading programming.
• Solid knowledge of MacOS X Core Foundation, particularly CoreAudio and CoreVideo
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Win32 platform.
• Must have experienced development of a cross-platform product or component
• Strong multimedia background with the focus on streaming video and audio or networking.
• Excellent problem analysis and debugging skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and people skills.
• Must be able to work within a team of professionals, both at Sling Media as well as with outside consultants.
• Ability to effectively present information to team members and management.
• Must possess the ability to analyze requirements and propose appropriate solutions.
• Excellent communication, mentoring and teamwork skills.
• Ability to operate in dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Must demonstrate hands-on approach.

Contact: jobsslingmedia.com (please reference requisition #139)