About A Parent Media Co. Inc.

A Parent Media Co. Inc. (APMC) is looking for a Video Software Engineer to join the team to support our Safe Streaming™ services, Kidoodle.TV®, Glitch+™, Dude Perfect™, and our most recent and highly anticipated app, Victory+™ to support live streaming and sports highlights! 

Who We Are: 

APMC is a media and technology company focused on providing innovative solutions to consumers and brands as a leader in Safe Streaming™. We are a dynamic team that believes building a safe and premium streaming environment is a priority for everyone and every audience. We are growing rapidly because consumers love what we do and what we stand for. Our culture is focused on trust, respect, hard work and celebrating the wins. As a team of incredibly passionate and dedicated individuals, we strive to inspire each other to build the best digital experience for all.

Check out our LinkedIn pages as well:

- APMC:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/aparentmediacoinc 

- Victory+: https://www.linkedin.com/company/victoryplustv/

Learn more about us at the following sites:
APMC website: https://aparentmedia.com/

APMC LinkedIn: https://www.aparentmedia.com/ 

Perks of the Family:

APMC is more than a great place to work, we believe in the human behind every position and are here to support them in all areas of their life.

We offer:

●     Market/Experience-based Total Compensation

●     Better Benefits Plan to cover all your Health, Dental, Vision and Wellness needs

●     Invest in Your Future! We have a Group Savings Plan to help you reach your financial goals.

●     Parental Support including Paid Leave and Salary Top-up

●     Flexible Work Environment to embrace our Diversity and Culture

●     Flexible Work Hours, because it isn’t about the 9-5, it’s the great work you do

●     Flexible Time Off so that you can respond to life when it happens

●     Team Building Events to get to know our incredible team members

●     And lots and lots of fun!

Location: Remote (Canada - West)

WHO are you:

You are an energetic and self-driven software engineer with significant experience creating software for video and streaming applications. You excel in delivering robust and reliable video pipelines for time-sensitive events and are adept at troubleshooting and mitigating issues at scale.

WHAT is the role: 

As a Video Software Engineer you will work in the Live Operations Team and collaborate with Content Operations to ensure live events run smoothly.

You will be the go-to person for managing all technical aspects of a live stream, before and during an event.

You will build tools to facilitate configuration and operation of live events.

You will work with third-party content sources to ensure video feeds integrate properly with our platform.

Key duties include:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver pipelines, tools and interfaces for managing live events
• Implementing and guiding software development of tools and interfaces for managing live events
• Drive technical requirements for onboarding new customer content
• Create, manage and organize live streaming resources for efficient delivery of multiple live streaming platforms
• Tier 3 contact for troubleshooting live streaming issues
• Investigation and analysis of new streaming technology
• Integrate streaming technology into aPMC platforms

WHAT you need to SUCCEED:

• 3-5+ years experience in live streaming
• 5+ years experience developing software in a well-known programming language (python preferred)
• 3+ years experience with streaming media services
• Experience evaluating video playback across devices like laptop browsers, connected TVs, mobile phones and tablets
• Experience with common video tools like ffmpeg
• Understanding of video encoding ladders, codecs and profiles
• Understanding of common video protocols such as RTMP, SRT, HLS, DASH
• Proficient in code versioning tools such as Git
• BSc in Computer Science or industry experience equivalent 
• Work schedule: This is a full-time permanent role primarily supporting live sports and events, with a schedule that includes evenings and weekends. Work hours will be adjusted as needed to ensure a balanced schedule, providing flexibility to accommodate event coverage and to maintain work-life balance

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Experience with AWS Media Services
• Experience with DevOps tools and procedures for managing streaming resources
• Experience developing software for Python web frameworks
• Experience with Ad-insertion technologies

To be considered for this exciting and challenging role, please apply TODAY!

A Parent Media Co. Inc. (APMC) is committed to employment equity, welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. We thank all interested applicants; however, only qualified applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.