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Ross Video

Senior Software Developer (Job Req #2025-061)

Ross Video, Ottawa, ON


Why Work at Ross Video? We have a great group of people working together to create and deliver cutting edge products that look amazing and are easy to use. We go all out so that our customers can have the best possible experience and achieve quality results. With a product focus, continual learning, results driven processes, and creative thinking, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and to deliver results. If you've ever watched live television, news, sports, or entertainment, you've seen our products in use. All of the major Hollywood award shows, most professional sports teams, and many of the largest broadcasters in the world use Ross Video technology. Get behind the scenes and learn about what it takes to make live events possible. If that resonates, and you're someone with integrity, commitment, and a strong drive to deliver great products, we'd love to hear from you.

Join Ross' groundbreaking Virtual Switchers team and immerse yourself in the future of real-time video processing! We are on the cutting edge of cloud-based technology, shaping the future of live video production. As a developer, you'll have the opportunity to work with an exceptional team, developing the next generation of video switchers and processing engines that power some of the most innovative and high-profile live productions across the globe.

This is not just another development job - it's a chance to push the boundaries of cloud-native applications, low-latency processing, andhigh-performance video streaming. You'll be at the forefront of designing solutions that process video in real-time for broadcast, sports, and entertainment. You will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry to solve complex problems and implement cutting-edge solutions that change the way people create live content.

At Ross Video, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and growth, where your ideas can truly make an impact. If you're passionate about working on challenging projects and bringing your vision to life in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, this is the perfect role for you!

Who you report to: Senior Manager, Technical Product Management - Virtualized Switchers

What we offer

Ross offers competitive salaries and comprehensive health plans, as well as several perks to help you perform at your best.

Some of these perks include flexible hours, generous paid time off, fitness/wellness allowance, employee share ownership program, development support and a ton of fun social activities and events!

Best of all, you will be part of the Ross Video family, and we've got a pretty energizing environment here.

What the job is all about:
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle - requirements gathering, scoping, design, implementation, automation, testing, and maintenance.
  • Develop cloud-native components of our live video production products.
  • Evaluate modern technologies and their suitability in making our products successful.
  • Keep your knowledge current.
  • Ensure that code, infrastructure, scripts, meet the highest levels of security at all phases of development and production.

Who you are:
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS, GCP, Azure.
  • Experience developing, managing and deploying cloud-based real-time video applications.
  • Experience with Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. Knowledge of other Cloud Native tools like Prometheus, Argo, Helm, Istio is a plus.
  • Good understanding of what it takes to develop robust, scalable and easy to maintain cloud solutions.
  • Knowledge of microservices architectures.
  • Proficient level of expertise of 1 or more system level programming languages like C, C++, Go or Rust. System level programming applied to real-time data processing is a plus.
  • Knowledge of OO principles and software architecture in general.
  • Good knowledge of code revision systems like Git or SVN.
  • Experience with DevOps practices and the DevOps culture.
  • Good problem-solving skills.

Bonus points if you have the following:

As part of a strong development team responsible of a very complex product, these other skills might be useful.
  • Frontend development experience using JavaScript and React.
  • Knowledge of GPU programming (DirectX, Cuda, Vulcan, etc.)
  • Experienced in designing user friendly web APIs using principles like REST or GraphQL.


Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Ross, we embrace diversity, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work. We are committed to building a team that includes a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Inclusivity drives innovation and creativity, and that's something we're passionate about at Ross! We believe everyone should be able to enjoy a rewarding career at Ross, regardless of race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability. If a disability means that you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

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