(ind) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bangalore, KA, India

Staff Engineer role focused on developing middleware, media, and application development kits for HTML and native applications on the Vizio TV platform. Responsibilities include contributing to product and technical requirements, designing and architecting new products, creating prototypes, developing core components, and driving feature development. Requires proficiency in C/C++, JavaScript, JSON, and experience with media streaming, multimedia frameworks, and Linux.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute to Review product requirements and create technical requirements.
  2. Contribute to Design and architect new products, understand and improving existing software.
  3. Create prototype, design documents and technical tasks, suggest implementation plan.
  4. Develop core components, code review to ensure implemented as per the design.
  5. Develop tools to measure the quality of products and finding defects automatically.

Skills

Required

  • C
  • C++/C++11
  • JavaScript
  • JSON
  • Multi-threading
  • Cmake build system
  • Cross compilation
  • Linux understanding (process, filesystem, permission, memory)
  • Linux shared library analysis
  • Linux IPC/message queues
  • Parse & analyze journald logs
  • Debug core dump files
  • Troubleshooting
  • Boost ASIO
  • Linux boot-up
  • Linux interprocess communication
  • Linux Services/Daemon
  • Socket Programming
  • OOAD (Object-Oriented Analysis and Design)
  • C++ 14 & 17 features (std::optional, std::async etc.)
  • Adaptive media streaming client-side integration
  • Media playback
  • Multimedia frameworks - Gstreamer, ffmpeg, Wayland / directfb
  • Apple airplay media content delivery to player
  • Used PlayReady DRM 4.x
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Effective communication
  • Convey ideas clearly in short-time
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics or equivalent field or 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area

Nice to have

  • Websockets
  • REST API
  • SnapCraft
  • Docker
  • Conan pkg manager
  • Github actions
  • Cmake
  • make
  • meson build system
  • Unit test frameworks - Catch2, GoogleTest
  • BDD test framework
  • Rust
  • Python
  • Jira
  • Shell scripting
  • Basic understanding on cryptography
  • Basic network TCP/UDP packet filtering & analysis