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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


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: jobs@slingmedia.com (please reference requisition #139)

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