Cubic
Software Engineer
Ashburn, Virginia · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$85k-$108kDetected 13 days ago
TypeScriptC++C#PowerShell.NETDockerKubernetesCI/CDLinuxgRPCGIS
About the role
- The Software Engineer, Video Processing Platform Maintenance is an individual contributor role responsible for maintaining and extending a mixed C++ media-processing platform and Windows desktop video exploitation application suite.
- Debug media-processing issues involving FFmpeg/libav, MPEG-TS, MP4/fMP4, thumbnails, KLV metadata, stream attributes, stream timing, and hardware-accelerated processing paths.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and enhance C++ media processors for ingest, stream chunking, fragmented MP4 packaging, thumbnail generation, KLV-to-JSON conversion, file output, and protobuf output.
- Maintain Dockerized Linux builds across x86_64 and arm64 environments, including UBI/Rocky-based images, GCC toolsets, CUDA runtime dependencies, image packaging, and CI/CD build troubleshooting.
- Update and troubleshoot gRPC/protobuf processor interfaces used by the media-processing runtime and support validation of processors in Kubernetes-hosted media pipelines.
- Maintain Windows desktop application modules for controls, configuration, workspaces, project browsing, enhancement settings, WPF views, post-processing, reporting, GIS extensions, georeferencing, masking, and measurement.
- Maintain release packaging for multiple product editions and deployment modes, including portable builds, plugin installers, prerequisite installers, NSIS/PowerShell automation, launcher behavior, and licensing or entitlement flows.
- Create targeted unit tests, integration tests, smoke tests, minimal reproducers, build notes, runtime dependency documentation, and maintainer checklists for complex software defects and high-risk workflow paths.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain a DOD Security Clearence
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience developing, debugging, testing, and maintaining production software, including strong experience with C++ and large existing codebases.
- Professional experience with C#/.NET Framework desktop application development, including WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, MSBuild, NuGet, project files, resource files, custom controls, generated code, and build events.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with FFmpeg/libav, video containers/codecs, MPEG-TS, MP4/fMP4, streaming media systems, KLV metadata, or video timing analysis.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes-hosted workloads, container image promotion, Linux/Docker packaging paths, and runtime artifact management.
- Familiarity with GIS, geospatial, ISR, or video exploitation workflows, including KML, map overlays, georeferencing, match-point workflows, camera/sensor metadata, tracking data, subtitles, or reporting.
- Careful maintenance mindset when working with proprietary, legacy, partially vendored, installer-sensitive, licensing-sensitive, or customer-data-sensitive software systems.
- We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, electronic engineering, or a related technical discipline, plus a minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience
- or a master's degree in a related technical discipline plus a minimum of 3 years of related experience.
Skills
- This full-time position is based in Ashburn, VA and follows a 9/80 schedule with a hybrid work arrangement.
Compensation
- $85,000.00 - $108,000.00 + benefits.
- The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
Company info
- Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.
- We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD).
- Explore more on Cubic.com.
- When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
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