We are looking for a OTT Live Automation Lead to join our team
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
- 7 years of experience at a streaming service or in broadcast media digital distribution.
- Experience with video encoding and content metadata.
Preferred qualifications:
- 10 years of experience managing complex cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Experience with video encoding and content metadata.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive the tooling and automation strategy for YouTube’s live platform, evaluating and integrating internal and external solutions.
- Own the business outcomes associated with improving stream quality, maximizing uptime, reducing operational complexities, employing cost-control measures, decreasing time to onboard content, and reducing time to diagnose, mitigate, and resolve stream impacting issues.
- Develop a strategy and solution for monitoring stream quality at scale while considering broadcast media compliance. Innovate and modernize legacy systems with a low-touch, software-first design approach resulting in streamlined operations.
- Manage multiple vendor engagements and own build vs buy analysis. Explore and advocate for novel VQ solutions (e.g., PSNR, SSIM, VMAF, etc.).
- Collaborate closely with senior engineering leads in designing and implementing the next iteration of YouTube’s OTT platform.