[Hiring] Principal Streaming Technology Expert @Mayflower

Role Description

The Principal Streaming Technology Expert will serve as the company's senior technical authority on streaming technologies, supporting:

• Complex technical assessments
• Technology risk analysis
• Deep technical research
• Strategic decision-making

Job Responsibilities

• Complex Technical Analysis:
  • Investigate complex technical questions related to products, architecture, protocols, and implementations.
  • Develop evidence-based technical positions on complex matters.
  • Work with internal stakeholders and external experts on complex technical assessments.
  • Prepare technical reports, diagrams, comparisons, and supporting materials.
  • Explain complex streaming technologies to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Technology Landscape & Risk Research:
  • Research technologies, standards, publications, implementations, and industry practices.
  • Compare company solutions with existing industry approaches and implementations.
  • Conduct technical risk analysis related to technologies, standards, and third-party solutions.
  • Support technical due diligence and risk assessments for products and architectural decisions.
  • Track important technology trends and developments across the streaming ecosystem.
  • Maintain awareness of emerging technical risks affecting the company's technology strategy.
• Technology Research & Documentation:
  • Perform deep technical research relevant to the company's streaming platform and products.
  • Maintain documentation of architecture, protocols, data flows, algorithms, DRM, CDNs, and media pipelines.
  • Create technical diagrams, implementation analyses, and historical technical records.
  • Investigate third-party technologies, standards, open-source components, and commercial solutions.
  • Maintain understanding of how company technology differs from existing technical approaches.
  • Preserve institutional knowledge around key architectural and engineering decisions.
• Internal Technical Authority:
  • Act as a streaming technology expert across engineering, product, executive, and cross-functional teams.
  • Review major architectural decisions requiring additional technical assessment or risk analysis.
  • Collaborate with senior engineers and architects on complex technical reviews.
  • Independently analyze source code, specifications, standards, protocols, and production architectures.
  • Provide independent technical judgment on complex or sensitive technology questions.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on knowledge of video/audio streaming architectures, protocols, codecs, CDNs, and related technologies.
• Ability to independently analyze complex technical systems, standards, implementations, and architecture.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences.
• Native or near-native English proficiency.

Requirements

• Experience working with complex technical reviews involving US-based stakeholders.
• Experience preparing technical materials for external review or formal assessment.

Benefits

• Full remote work.
• Competitive compensation with a service contract.
• Transparent performance reviews twice a year, with bonus opportunities and salary adjustments.
• An annual allowance for home office improvements, sports activities, equipment upgrades, and more.
• Investment in your development: paid language courses, access to various learning platforms, and a mindfulness benefit, including psychological support with 50% coverage.
• Career growth in a fast-scaling project with opportunities to influence technical decisions.
• A culture of recognition: our peer reward program celebrates contributions from across the team.