459 - Software Development Engineer II (C++)

Born in India, Built for the World

Amagi is an Emmy®-winning, agentic industry cloud platform powering the modern video economy. We help media companies unify streaming and broadcast workflows, modernize operations, and maximize monetization—from live remote production and real-time ad decisioning to automated playout and global content syndication.

Trusted by a majority of the world's top 50 listed media companies, Amagi delivers:

• 9,000+ channels across 300+ content distributors
• 500,000+ hours of content processed
• 26 billion+ monetized ad impressions

We power marquee brands including CBS, BBC, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, NBA, and DAZN—and the world's biggest events: The Olympics, Super Bowl, The Grammys, and the US Presidential Debate.

Amagi is built on the belief that freedom and happiness are essential for people to do their best work. We call it the Amagi Way: a unique DNA of goodness, purpose, and innovation that shapes how we work, the teams we build, and the impact we want to make together. Over the last two decades, it has been the driving force behind how we have redefined the video economy while contributing to the communities around us.

Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and listed on the BSE and NSE, Amagi is a global team of 1,000+ people spread across offices in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

To learn more about our impact, we invite you to explore here.

Work Mode                   : In-Office

Location                        : Bengaluru (Bannerghatta Road)

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain components of the Amagi Cloudport Playout pipeline — media essence handling (video, audio, subtitles, metadata), encode/decode and media processing, MPEG-TS muxing, and network transmission of media.
• Take ownership of assigned Playout components end to end: feature development, unit and integration testing, performance and stability improvements, and resolution of escalated technical issues for those components.
• Work in C++ on Linux within a standards-driven codebase (SMPTE, DVB, ATSC), with Python for tooling and automation.
• Partner with senior engineers to deliver Enterprise customer requirements, including feature requests, customizations and integrations, and interoperability with legacy broadcast hardware.
• Contribute to platform health initiatives — SDK upgrades, EOL migrations and security remediation.
• Ramp into the broadcast domain with structured mentoring, and grow towards independent ownership of a functional area.

Skills and Expertise Required:

• BE / BTech / MTech in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical or a related engineering discipline.
• Around 2 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong programming ability in C++ on Linux. Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, memory management and multi-threaded/concurrent programming.
• Practical debugging and troubleshooting skills on Linux — gdb, valgrind, log and core analysis, performance profiling.
• Working knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, sockets, IP). Scripting ability in Python for automation and tooling.
• Comfortable with Git-based workflows, code review and CI pipelines.
• Demonstrated aptitude and appetite for low-level, systems-oriented engineering, and the ability to learn a deep, standards-heavy domain.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to work directly with cross-functional and customer-facing teams.

Preferred

• Exposure to digital media or video engineering: media essence handling, container and transport formats, or audio/video processing.
• Familiarity with codecs and media formats — H.264/AVC, HEVC, AAC, MPEG-TS, MP4, MXF.
• Hands-on experience with media frameworks or tooling such as FFmpeg or GStreamer.
• Awareness of broadcast standards — SMPTE, DVB, ATSC, SCTE — or of subtitle and caption formats.
• Exposure to media transport protocols: RTP, SRT, RIST, SMPTE 2022-7.
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS, including S3) and containerised deployment.
• Any prior work in broadcast, OTT, streaming or media technology, including interoperability with broadcast hardware.
• Prior internship or project work in multimedia, signal processing or embedded systems.

Life at Amagi:

Amagi is an equal opportunity employer. Our culture is built around four values that show up in how we work every day.

• Be Vulnerable, Be You. Authenticity is our baseline.
• Goodness Wins. We always lead with integrity.
• Have Fun with Challenges. We see obstacles as opportunities, not roadblocks.
• Think Macro, Do Micro. We dream big but execute with relentless precision.



A Place That Takes Care of You:

We care about you as a whole person, and our offerings reflect that. You and your loved ones have access to comprehensive health insurance and our Employee Assistance Program, which covers mental health counselling, financial and legal guidance, and diet and nutrition support. Our office spaces are naturally lit and ventilated, with nutritious meals available every day. An on-site gym and wellness rooms are available for you to rejuvenate. We believe good work should transcend building a great product. Our Employee Resource Group gives you a community within the company. Our volunteering programs and community initiatives give you ways to contribute to the world outside of it.