Job Reference LS/Tech/0412A

Ruby on Rails + jQuery Developer

Livestation, one of the world’s leading platforms for live TV online is looking for an exceptional permanent Ruby, Rails and jQuery developer to join our expanding team.

About Livestation

Livestation is used by millions of people around the world to access the top news channels on their preferred devices (iPhone, Android, tablets, PCs, gaming consoles, connect TVs, etc). CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNBC and Bloomberg are just few of the channels that have chosen our platform for global, multi platform distribution. More here www.livestation.com.

Your role

You will be responsible for building the Livestation platform in a number of challenging and exciting ways. We serve millions of requests daily, both through web pages and web services, so experience working with large-scale websites, caching and performance tuning is a must. We are about to commence our next ‘big idea’ so this is your chance to get in at the ground level and work with us in building something amazing.

While Rails development will be your main responsibility, we also need someone who can think and breathe JavaScript and jQuery, so we can make the Livestation platform an engaging place for people to discover the hidden world around them through global news aggregation and curation.

Good knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, HAML, RSPEC, FFMPEG and ActionScript 3 are also big bonuses. Experience with Ubuntu, Nginx, HAProxy and Phusion Passenger will help with system administration.

Location: Shoreditch (Silicon Roundabout!), London

Please provide your CV as well as links to your recent work and any open source projects or GitHub accounts.

Livestation is also on the hunt for people with experience with big analytics, iOS and Android developers and video engineers. We'll be posting these opportunities shortly.

Email us at jobs@livestation.comjobs@livestation.com quoting the above job reference [No agencies please].

We look forward to hearing from you.

Job Reference LS/Tech/0413A

C++ Developer for Video Development

Livestation is looking for a experienced and highly-skilled C++ Developer for developing Livestation’s video infrastructure, such as encoder and streaming applications. You will be working in a small team, creating and maintaining an existing application using Qt or Boost framework and Open Source video library, such as ffmpeg and libx264.

About Livestation

Livestation is the largest online aggregator of live news in the world. We provide over 10 million consumers access to dozens of live news channels across the three screens (computer, mobile and connected TV). We also help broadcasters to grow and understand their digital audience. Livestation is a private company based in London.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Team Lead to be involved in the full cycles of developing and maintaining Livestation core video engine.
• Monitor and maintain the live streaming services.

Requirements

• You have at least a BA or equivalent academic degree in Computing or Engineering.
• You have a minimum of three years of professional C++ development experience.
• Familiar with TDD development method.
• Self motivated person.
• Good to have skills: knowledge and experience on video encoding/decoding, ffmpeg and libx264 library, Directshow.
• Knowledge of media server platforms for Flash, iOS, Wowza, Windows Media Services an advantage.

How to apply

Please email a recent CV or LinkedIn profile to jobs@livestation.comjobs@livestation.com quoting the above job reference.