Silicon Florist

The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by building cloud video processing technology on a fast-track schedule, and to collaborate effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.

In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills (see below), we expect you to be:
Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully

As a software cloud engineer III, you will:
Own the process of taking new technology through the entire development cycle - from inception, through QA, to delivery and approval by the customer
Provide highly responsive technical assistance to the customer support team, translating customer requests into functional code
Work closely with the entire team to complete release cycles
Work directly with our partners on the implementation of new features

The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
5+ years of professional software development experience
Developing cloud-based software on Amazon Web services (EC2, S3, CloudFront, etc)
Fluency in Ruby on Linux
Prior experience developing high-performance, multi-threaded, system-level software
Ability to travel domestically on occasion

Additional strengths include experience with:
Audio and video codecs
Open source video tools and APIs, such as FFMPEG or mediainfo
Developing software for distributed or clustered systems