Senior Audio & Video Streaming Engineer Independent Contractor
Must have
- 8+ years of software
development experience in multimedia, embedded, firmware,
or system-level environments -
Strong hands-on experience with GStreamer at the developer
level, including building, debugging, and optimizing audio/video
media pipelines - Strong programming
skills in C++ or Java for embedded, system-level, or multimedia
applications - Experience with Embedded
Linux and/or Embedded Android platforms -
Experience with Video4Linux / V4L2 -
Strong understanding of audio and video streaming
technologies and protocols, such as RTP and RTSP - Experience with video
and audio codecs such as H.264, H.265, VP9, or similar -
Understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols,
including TCP, UDP, HTTP -
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across software layers,
including middleware, operating system, and hardware interaction -
Experience with version control systems such as Git - Strong problem-solving,
critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills
Nice to have
-
Experience developing or debugging Android applications and
services -
Experience with Android framework customization or platform-level
Android development -
Experience with Embedded Android / Android BSP / AOSP -
Familiarity with multimedia, video, or graphics systems such as VAAPI,
FFmpeg, OpenMAX, OpenGL, Android Audio, or SurfaceFlinger -
Experience with streaming technologies such as WebRTC -
Experience with camera integration or camera subsystem
customization -
Knowledge of hardware-accelerated media pipelines -
Scripting experience with Bash or Python -
Experience documenting firmware architecture or design
specifications - Experience conducting code
reviews or providing technical guidance to junior engineers
Join a long-term international engineering project and work on advanced embedded audio/video streaming technologies that power professional products used worldwide.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Audio/Video Streaming Engineer who enjoys working deep inside Linux-based multimedia systems, building and debugging complex GStreamer pipelines, optimizing real-time media performance, and solving the difficult problems that appear where hardware, operating systems, multimedia frameworks, codecs, and networking come together.
You’ll contribute to sophisticated Linux- and Android-based products used across conference rooms, classrooms, auditoriums, home environments, and enterprise installations worldwide—with your work directly influencing streaming quality, latency, synchronization, performance, and product reliability.
Go Deep into GStreamer & Embedded Multimedia
This is not simply application-level video development. You’ll work close to the platform and have the opportunity to investigate the complete audio/video processing and streaming pipeline.
Solve the Problems That Aren’t Obvious
You might trace buffers and timestamps through a GStreamer pipeline, investigate why frames are dropped, reduce end-to-end latency, debug A/V synchronization, analyze RTP behavior, optimize hardware codec integration, or determine whether a performance bottleneck originates in the driver, multimedia framework, network, or hardware accelerator.
Why Join This Project
If you are an experienced Linux/GStreamer engineer who enjoys understanding what happens inside the media pipeline—not just calling APIs from above it—and you like solving complex problems involving latency, synchronization, codecs, networking, performance, and hardware acceleration, this project offers the technical depth and engineering challenges to make a real impact.
Jabil Inc.
partners with experienced independent professionals who contribute their
expertise to international engineering projects. Let’s together create,
innovate, and solve meaningful technical challenges for world-leading brands.
- Opportunity
to support engineering projects delivered for market-leading global brands. -
Long-term
project engagement with clearly defined technical objectives. -
B2B-based cooperation model with discretion over the
manner, time, and place of service delivery, subject to project requirements
and agreed deliverables, giving you flexibility in how and where you work. -
Collaboration
with international engineering stakeholders and highly experienced specialists
across different countries. -
Opportunity to
deepen your expertise in audio/video streaming — a highly demanded and
fast-growing technology area — while working hands-on with GStreamer-based
media pipelines, embedded Linux/Android platforms, and real-time multimedia
performance challenges. -
The
chance to influence technical decisions and contribute your knowledge to
products used globally.