The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by maintaining and improving Elemental’s Web and print media efficiently and with superior quality, and collaborating effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
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Opportunities at Elemental
Join the Elemental Team
Elemental Technologies is the leading provider of video processing solutions that enable multiscreen content delivery. We are actively seeking the best and brightest candidates to join our team.
We offer a spirited, stimulating and performance-driven environment that requires you to bring your “A” game every day. In addition to working with world-class colleagues, benefits include:
- competitive salaries
- excellent health care plans
- matching 401k program
- incentive stock options
- tuition reimbursement program
- a ZipCar allowance for personal use
- annual TriMet passes
- bike-friendly facilities
- a copious supply of fabulous food, both in the kitchen and at our weekly Lunch-and-Learns
Our headquarters are located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon with easy access to all the amenities the central city has to offer. If you have a penchant for big dreams, the engine to get there and a passion for doing it the right way, you owe it to yourself to check out opportunities at Elemental. Open positions are listed below. To apply, click on the position of interest, then hit the "apply now" button below the job description. Or, email your résumé to careers@elementaltechnologies.com.
Sorry, staffing agencies and recruiters will not be considered.
Open Positions
Graphic and Web Designer
As a Graphic and Web Designer you will:
- Unify company branding and identity across all media
- Design and maintain web and print graphics for projects large and small
- Take direction from the marketing and application development teams
- Update Website assets using Drupal
- Manage outside vendors such as printers and Web developers
- Create and maintain video and audio assets
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- 2-5 years graphic design experience
- Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design
- Fluency with Adobe CS5 – InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Strong attention to detail, ability to prioritize tasks, organization
- Clear knowledge of basic design principles
Additional strengths include experience with:
- Video editing and production using Premier, After Effects and Flash
- Usability and interface design
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
Software Cloud Engineer III
The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by building cloud video processing technology on a fast-track schedule, and to collaborate effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
As a software cloud engineer III, you will:
- Own the process of taking new technology through the entire development cycle - from inception, through QA, to delivery and approval by the customer
- Provide highly responsive technical assistance to the customer support team, translating customer requests into functional code
- Work closely with the entire team to complete release cycles
- Work directly with our partners on the implementation of new features
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Developing cloud-based software on Amazon Web services (EC2, S3, CloudFront, etc)
- Expertise in Ruby on Rails or another web application framework
- Deep understanding of MySQL, Postgres or MS SQL
- Strong HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Prior experience developing high-performance, multi-threaded, system-level software
- Ability to travel domestically on occasion
Additional strengths include experience with:
- Audio and video codecs
- Open source video tools and APIs, such as FFMPEG or mediainfo
- Developing software for distributed or clustered systems
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
Software Design Engineer in Test
The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by creating a robust set of automated test cases that will increase the coverage and efficiency of our releases. We are looking for a great tester and developer whose goal is to create solid, reliable, customer-focused software that defines its genre. In this role, you will be working closely with your Test Lead to create automated test procedures that efficiently and effectively test our products.
As a Software Design Engineer in Test, you will:
- Identify and implement automated tests that will improve efficiency of testing, after test passes are complete
- Maintain API level tests and tools that will efficiently test our products and core technology
- Develop and document automated test strategies, plans, and scripts based on requirements analysis and specifications derived from our Software Test Engineers and Developers
The successful implementation of this job requires, at a minimum:
- Strong testing skills and knowledge of testing methodology
- 5 Years of experience writing, implementing and maintaining suites of automated tests
- 5 years of experience testing Linux-based products. (Centos/RedHat preferred)
- Strong coding skills in one or more object oriented languages; C++, Java , C#, Perl, Ruby, Bash
- Strong networking skills in a Linux environment
- At least a 4-year college degree with BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
Additional strengths include experience with:
- Testing video codecs, Set Top Boxes , TV broadcasting or delivery video over networks.
- Using and creating output using Flash Media Server, MS Smooth Streaming, and/or Apple Live
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
Software Engineer I
The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by completing new products and features of superior quality on a fast-track schedule, and collaborate effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
As a software enginner I, you will:
- Be an integral part of an exceptionally talented team, on a fast track product development schedule
- Be a well-rounded developer who understands system architecture, its capabilities and use cases
- Focus on the implementation of new features for the Elemental Media Engine, the core technology supporting Elemental's product line
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- BS in computer science or software engineering
- Fluency in C/C++ on Windows and Linux development environments
- Experience with audio and video codecs is a plus
- Experience with SQL, Ruby or Ruby on Rails is a plus
- Experience with open source video tools and APIs, such as FFMPEG and Mediainfo is a plus
- Experience developing software for distributed or clustered systems is a plus
- Linux kernel development/optimization is a plus
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
Software Engineer III
The mission of this job is to help Elemental perfect the media experience by completing new products and features of superior quality on a fast-track schedule, and collaborate effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
As a software engineer III, you will:
- Own the process of taking new products and product features through the entire development cycle - from inception, through QA, to delivery and approval by the customer
- Provide highly responsive technical assistance to the customer support team, translating customer requests into functional code
- Work closely with the entire team to complete release cycles
- Work directly with our partners on the implementation of new features
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Fluency in C/C++ on Windows and Linux
- Prior experience developing high-performance, multi-threaded, system-level software
- Ability to travel domestically on occasion
Additional strengths include experience with:
- Developing cloud-based software on Amazon EC2
- Audio and video codecs
- SQL, Ruby or Ruby on Rails
- Open source video tools and APIs, such as FFMPEG or mediainfo
- Developing software for distributed or clustered systems
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
Software Test Engineer
Elemental Technologies is looking for an experienced Software Test Engineer to define, implement, and improve testing methodologies, infrastructure, and processes. We are looking for a great tester whose goal is to create solid, reliable, customer focused software that defines its genre. In this role you will be working closely with Development, Test and Program Management to build test procedures that efficiently and effectively test our flagship products, Elemental Live and Elemental Server.
As a software test engineer, you will:
- Executes tests, monitors their outcomes and reports defects as they are found.
- Install daily builds on hardware so that they are ready to perform tests in line with requirements explained by the Test Lead
- Review output videos from our products for visual quality issues and lip sync.
- Provide assistance as needed and directed by the Test Lead.
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- At least 1 year of experience shipping commercial quality software with frequent release cycles.
- Demonstrated ability to run tests based on lightly specified tests.
- Experience testing video and audio software.
- Great communication skills, attention to detail and a history of solving complex technical problems.
- Knowledge of video compression software andmodern codecs a huge plus. (H264, MPEG2)
- Ability to manage your own time to meet short term targets.
Systems Engineer
The mission of this job is to provide superior pre- and post-sales support for our enterprise customers, while collaborating effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team. This position is based in our Portland headquarters.
As a systems engineer you will:
- Integrate our products into customer workflows
- Train customers and integrators to use our products
- Act as the primary technical interface for customer evaluations and provide responsive and knowledgeable pre-sales support
- Resolve customer questions and issues
- Communicate customer feedback to Product Management (feature requests, market trends, etc.)
- Work closely with the Software Engineering team to verify technical requirements for customer-requested features and defect fixes
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- BS in computer science, electrical engineering or other related field
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of compressed and uncompressed digital video and audio standards, especially around H.264 and MPEG-2 technologies
- 5 years of experience with Linux operating systems
- Domestic travel, up to 50%
- 3-5 years of experience writing scripts (Perl, Ruby, Bash, Batch)
Additional strengths include experience with:
- RESTful web API
- Linux CentOS or RedHat
- Adaptive streaming technologies (Adobe, Apple, Microsoft)
- Visio or other workflow diagram tool
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- A strong communicator: you are able to listen carefully to customer needs, and speak and write clearly and articulately as you convey information or solve problems
- Efficient: you are able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort, while keeping your task list actively prioritized
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
- Proactive: you take ownership of tasks and act without being told
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and to excel
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Persistent: you demonstrate tenacity and the willingness to go the distance to get something done
- Self-sufficient: you are able to deliver results with minimal supervision but have the ability to quickly recognize when changes must be reviewed with other internal teams
Systems Engineer, Northeast Region
The mission of this job is to provide superior pre- and post-sales support for our enterprise customers, while collaborating effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
As a systems engineer you will:
- Integrate our products into customer workflows
- Train customers and integrators to use our products
- Act as the primary technical interface for customer evaluations and provide responsive and knowledgeable pre-sales support
- Resolve customer questions and issues
- Communicate customer feedback to Product Management (feature requests, market trends, etc.)
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- BS in computer science or software engineering
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of compressed and uncompressed digital video and audio standards, especially around H.264 and MPEG-2 technologies
- 5 years of experience with Linux operating systems
- Domestic travel, up to 50%
- 3-5 years of experience writing scripts (Perl, Ruby, Bash, Batch)
Additional strengths include experience with:
- RESTful web API
- Linux CentOS or RedHat
- Adaptive streaming technologies (Adobe, Apple, Microsoft)
- Visio or other workflow diagram tool
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- A strong communicator: you are able to listen carefully to customer needs, and speak and write clearly and articulately as you convey information or solve problems
- Efficient: you are able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort, while keeping your task list actively prioritized
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
- Proactive: you take ownership of tasks and act without being told
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and to excel
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Persistent: you demonstrate tenacity and the willingness to go the distance to get something done
Technical Support Engineer
The mission of this job is to provide knowledgeable and responsive technical support for our enterprise customers, while collaborating effectively as a trusted member of a driven, innovative team.
As a technical support engineer, you will:
- Track and resolve customer questions and issues by phone and email
- Work with the systems engineering and sales account teams to drive the success of customer evaluations
- Communicate feature requests to product management and development engineering
- Develop customer-facing documentation and videos for our customer portal
- Collaborate with QA and technical marketing to replicate real-world workflows and run performance tests
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- Strong communication skills
- Comfort with phone support and escalation procedures
- 3+ years of experience with Linux operating systems, particularly around networking
- Knowledge of compressed and uncompressed digital video and audio standards, especially around H.264 and MPEG-2 technologies
- Familiarity with at least one scripting language (Perl, Ruby, Bash, Batch)
Additional strengths include experience with:
- Linux CentOS or RedHat
- Salesforce and/or Trac
- RESTful web API
- Adaptive streaming technologies (Adobe Flash, Apple HLS, Microsoft Smooth Streaming)
- Visio or other workflow diagram tool
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- A strong communicator: you are able to listen carefully to customer needs, and speak and write clearly and articulately as you convey information or resolve problems
- Enthusiastic: you are passionate about your work and it shows in the effort you bring to the table
- Efficient: you are able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort, while keeping your task list actively prioritized
- Honest: you don’t cut corners ethically and will enhance the integrity of the company
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you contribute above and beyond the requirements of the job because of your desire to see the company excel
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Analytical: you are able to gather a wide range of data, track it effectively and measure results
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively, and are willing and able to collaborate
Video Processing Software Engineer
This position requires a software engineer who is creative, self-motivated and enjoys solving challenging problems. If you are an expert in video processing on parallel processors and possess an interest in developing extremely high-performance, professional applications, we want to talk to you.
As a video processing software engineer, you will:
- Design, implement and test high-performance video compression and pixel processing algorithms
- Understand and utilize the full processing power of top-end GPU and CPU hardware
- Support the Elemental product development team in implementing customer requirements
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- At least 2-3 years of professional work experience
- Extensive parallel processing experience on GPUs or multi-core CPUs
- Fluent in C/C++ in Windows or Linux development environments
- Video codec development, particularly H.264 and MPEG2 and/or VC-1
- Pixel processing algorithm experience, such as de-interlacing, noise reduction, etc.
- Experience with CUDA, OpenCL and/or SSE is a plus
Video Test Engineer
The mission of this job is to define, implement and improve testing methodologies, infrastructure and processes. We seek a superstar tester whose goal is to create solid, reliable, customer-focused software that defines its genre. In this role, you will work closely with development, test and program management to build procedures that efficiently and effectively test our flagship products, Elemental Live and Elemental Server.
As a video test engineer, you will:
- Design and develop test plans, and perform repeatable testing procedures and processes
- Work with customer support and development to identify and understand our external customers and integrate their “stories” into our test procedures
- Become the expert in your assigned testing areas and document that knowledge in effective test cases
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- At least 2+ years of experience shipping commercial quality software with frequent release cycles
- Demonstrated ability to develop and instill processes and practices for regular qualitative and quantitative measurements of audio and video streams
- Experience testing video and audio software
- Familiar with at least one major scripting language (Perl, Bash, Ruby, etc.)
- Demonstrated understanding and skill for performance and reliability testing
- Great communication skills and a history of solving complex technical problems
- Knowledge of video compression software and modern codecs (H264, MPEG2)
- Experience interpreting and modifying scripts, including bash files, REST and Perl scripts
Web Applications Engineer
Elemental’s products win awards for being the most powerful and feature-rich in the industry. We seek talented, front-end software engineers with a passion for user experience, to ensure that it remains the most user-friendly and intuitive video processing solution.
As a web applications engineer, you will:
- Work closely with product marketing, customer support engineering and designers to give intuitive user interfaces to difficult features
- Optimize web application code to be fast and functional on resource-constrained systems
- Provide highly responsive technical assistance to the customer support team, translating customer requests into functional code
- Work closely with the entire team to complete release cycles
The successful implementation of this position requires, at a minimum:
- 2+ years of professional software development experience
- Expertise in Ruby on Rails or another web application framework
- Deep understanding of MySQL, Postgres or MS SQL
- Strong HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
Additional strengths include experience with:
- C/C++ on Windows and Linux
- Developing cloud-based software on Amazon EC2
- Audio and video codecs
- Developing software for distributed or clustered systems
- Ability to travel domestically on occasion
In addition to mastery of the requisite technical skills, we expect you to be:
- Self-directed: you take high-level descriptions, boil them down to a technical task list and then execute it, all with minimal oversight
- Team-oriented: you share information frequently and effectively and are willing and able to collaborate
- Flexible: rapid change, steep learning curves and tight deadlines are taken as challenges, not obstacles
- Innovative: you generate new and creative approaches to problems
- Ambitious: you come to work every day with the desire to learn and excel
- A comprehensive thinker: you see the big picture and at the same time, focus on the part. You understand the architecture and can project how adding a feature will affect the outcome
- Dedicated: of your own volition, you contribute above and beyond the strict requirements of the job because you want to see the team and company succeed
- Honest, with integrity: you don’t cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidences, do what is right (not just what is politically expedient) and speak plainly and truthfully
"Now is the perfect time to join the Elemental team. It's an exciting and extraordinary opportunity to experience such tremendous growth and success every day."
~ Whitney, Elemental