Job Description
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our business development team in USA to support on pre-sales and deployment engineering tasks along the entire lifecycle of our engagements with customers. Business focus is on transforming the way fans will consume sports and music live events from home, on-the-go, or at the venue through YBVR's patented XR live streaming technology. As Systems Engineer, you will be the technical interface of YBVR in front of our customers and you will also work closely with our development team in Madrid, Spain on customer-related architecture changes and integrations.
Qualified systems engineers will have a video-centric background of the architecture of video streaming platforms.
In this position, you will be working with customers mainly in USA and Canada, which will require part-time travel. We offer flexible hours and remote working as a possibility.
Responsibilities
- Be YBVR´s technical interface in front of our North America customers
- Prepare and deliver high level technical product presentations and answer technical questions
- Understand our customers’ needs, and translate them into requirements to be shared and discussed with the development team
- Design custom solutions and architectures using both YBVR and 3PP components
- Understand our customers’ existing solutions and technologies and design the integrations between existing systems and our products
- Implement customer integrations whenever support from the development team is not required
- Install, configure and test YBVR´s solutions in customer deployments
- Provide technical support to existing customers
- Gather and structure customer feedback to continuously improve the quality of the solution
Required Qualifications
- A video-centric generalist background, with some degree of experience on many of the components of a typical video streaming pipe
- Good understanding of the architecture of video streaming platforms
- Solid experience with Linux systems, and troubleshooting skills
- Scripting skills of writing simple Linux Shell scripts, and debugging complex ones
- Basic knowledge of IP networking (TCP/UPD, routing, etc.)
- Experience troubleshooting network problems with network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump, etc.)
- Experience with HTTP Streaming, web servers configuration and troubleshooting
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure), including automated cloud deployment tools (Terraform)
- Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team
- Analytical thinker, capable of translating business requirements into solution architecture
- Highly motivated, self-starter, unafraid of learning new skills
- Fluent English speaker
Preferred Qualifications
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related subject, or relevant professional experience
- 2+ years' experience in system integration
- Experience working in the telco or video streaming industry
- Knowledge of Open Source video tools (Ffmpeg, GStreamer)
- Experience with CDN integration
- Experience with VR/AR, Mobile and Web development is a plus