Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Sr Staff Software Engineer, Dolby Vision

Sunnyvale, California,United States · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$214k-$262kDetected 16 days ago
C++Code ReviewResearchCommunication

About the role

  • At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code.
  • As a member of the Dolby team, you'll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones.
  • To do that, we need the absolute best talent.

Responsibilities

  • Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future.
  • We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide.
  • Lead the design, development, and optimization of high‑performance C++ software for real‑time video processing and GPU‑intensive workloads.
  • Build and maintain Windows Media Foundation transforms and integrate deeply with OS media and display pipelines.
  • Develop and optimize GPU shaders (HLSL) using DirectX 11/12 for media and gaming workflows.
  • Partner cross‑functionally with research, product, and support teams to define technical requirements and guide execution.
  • Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and champion best practices in performance optimization, multi‑threading, and advanced video rendering.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in C++ software development with deep expertise in GPU programming and video rendering optimization.
  • Proven experience with Windows Media Foundation and browser media decoding/rendering pipelines.
  • Strong knowledge of image processing, color formats, and color space transformations.
  • Advanced expertise in multi‑threading, SIMD, and CPU/GPU workload orchestration for real‑time performance.
  • Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (MS/PhD preferred).

Nice to have

  • Solid understanding of SDR/HDR video pipelines, tone mapping, and end‑to‑end display paths.
  • Experience with color science and picture quality evaluation.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (MS/PhD preferred).

Skills

  • Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees.

Compensation

  • $214k-$262k

Benefits

  • We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.
  • Overview We're seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the evolution of Dolby Vision on the PC platform.
  • Architect scalable, future‑proof Dolby Vision video pipelines across diverse PC hardware configurations.

This listing is sourced directly from Dolby Laboratories Inc.'s careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.