Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Sr Staff Software Engineer, Dolby Vision
Sunnyvale, California,United States · Staff+ · Full-time
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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.
- Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (MS/PhD preferred).
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.