Senior Software Engineer - TV Playback (C++) at spotify

spotify

London·10h ago

SeniorFull-timeRustC++

Salary Range

$132,600 - $179,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a C++ Playback Engineer to join Spotify’s Native Playback team, focusing on TV devices. This role involves designing and building the C++ integration layer that powers Spotify’s audio and video playback on TV devices running our new Rust runtime.

Key Responsibilities

→Design, build, and evolve the C++ integration layer for Spotify’s audio and video playback on TV devices
→Integrate Spotify’s playback experience with platform-native media frameworks
→Own critical playback areas including buffering strategies, playback state handling, A/V synchronization, and adaptive bitrate configuration
→Debug complex performance and reliability issues across multiple layers
→Partner with Playback platform teams and device teams to ensure shared APIs and designs translate into real-world TV implementations
→Improve test coverage, tooling, and observability to detect regressions and speed up iteration cycles
→Contribute to technical design discussions and raise the bar for playback quality

Requirements

✓Strong experience building low-level systems in C++, ideally within video, media, or playback domains
✓Hands-on experience integrating native playback frameworks such as AVPlayer, ExoPlayer, or similar media stacks
✓Deep understanding of video playback fundamentals including codecs, streaming formats, adaptive bitrate, buffering behavior, and A/V synchronization
✓Comfortable working close to the OS and media framework layer
✓Experience contributing to the design and evolution of scalable technical systems across platforms
✓Confident debugging performance and reliability issues using logs, traces, profilers, and system diagnostics tools
✓Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and communicate technical trade-offs clearly
✓Strong commitment to delivering reliable, high-quality playback experiences for millions of users