Video Platform Engineer - E3
Instawork · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
About the role
Video Platform Engineer to own the pipeline turning raw video capture into training-ready data for robotics labs. Hybrid media-engineering and distributed-systems role involving codec decisions, orchestration, and cost optimization.
What you'll do
- Own video ingest, transcode, time-synchronization, quality checks, indexing, and delivery.
- Make codec and container decisions.
- Design orchestration that survives rig failures mid-session.
- Own cost per captured hour of processing.
- Work with data collection teams to shape roadmap.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years building and operating production video or media processing systems at scale.
- Hands-on production experience with FFmpeg, GStreamer, or equivalent media framework.
- Fluency in codecs and containers: H.264/HEVC/AV1, MP4/fMP4.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, object storage, and observability.
- Experience with durable workflow orchestration (Temporal, Conductor, Step Functions, Airflow).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and production operations.
Key details
- Company
- Instawork
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Mid-level
- Role category
- DevOps & SRE
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Posted
- 18 Oct 2026
- Source
- job-boards.greenhouse.io