Media Senior Quality Engineer

A bit about Cantina:

Cantina, founded by Sean Parker, is an invite only playground that puts AI into the hands of creators and allows them to bring any idea to life as a social bot that can be experienced with friends directly in the Cantina and also shared across the internet.

It's the first place where people can create, explore, and chat live with personality-driven AI bots together with their friends. People can choose from Cantina's collection of thousands of unique bots, or build awesome AI bots from scratch with just a few prompts.

While a lot of AI focuses on improving productivity and efficiency, we believe our AI bots will drive the future of entertainment on the internet and we're excited about the creative potential they will unlock for everyone.

The Cantina is building a new kind of social AI where people can not only choose their own adventures, but make their own adventures. Create, share and set AI bots free.

A bit about the role:

The media team at Cantina is creating one of the most advanced platforms for real-time and streaming media in the world. We're passionate about building high-performance, high-quality software and services that run the gamut from globally distributed infrastructure to highly optimized, device-level audio and video processing frameworks and advanced machine learning techniques. We are looking for engineers who want to work with exceptional people on challenging problems.

We're looking for a smart, detail oriented SeniorQuality Engineer who collaborates exceptionally well with developers and other Quality Engineers to understand complex features that extend and improve the audio and video infrastructure that is at the heart of enabling real-time interactions in the Cantina app. They will ensure that new features are high quality and are a compelling experience for users who want to chat with friends and AI-powered bots.

A bit about the work:

• Design, execute, document, and maintain manual test cases for projects undertaken by the media team.
• Work closely with developers to create test plans for new features.
• Perform regression and acceptance testing of media components prior to release.
• Analyze test results to identify ways to improve the media platform.
• Drive refinements in the team's software development processes and practices.
• Automate test cases, with training available if you have an interest.
• Have a flexible hybrid model working from home and a well-appointed office.

A bit about you:

• 3+ years of relevant experience as a quality assurance software engineer.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Strong interest in learning new tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Keen attention to detail, including the ability to identify subtle variations in test performance.
• Focused on meeting commitments and achieving team goals.
• Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strive to file clear, detailed, and actionable bug reports.
• Experienced testing mobile applications on iOS and Android.
• Comfortable with software tools like Charles Proxy and TC.
• Comfortable working with the Unix command line and command-line utilities such as make, ssh, and bash.

These are not required, but will help you hit the ground running.

• Prior experience testing real-time or streaming audio and video systems.
• Familiarity with streaming or real-time audio and video technology and terminology, such as frame rate, resolution, bit rate, and codecs.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking.
• Understanding of the ways network conditions such as bandwidth, packet loss, and delay can impact audio performance.
• Experience evaluating application CPU and battery usage.

Location:

We have offices located in Sunnyvale, CA and Brooklyn, NY. While we offer fully remote and hybrid employment opportunities, our Media Engineering team strongly desires candidates to be available (or willing to relocate) to work in the Bay Area. For reference, 95% of the Media Engineering team works from the Bay Area.

Pay Equity:

In compliance with Pay Transparency Laws, the base salary range for this role is between $110,000 - $135,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

Benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements – remote, office, or hybrid – the choice is often yours – we are open to ensuring quality candidates don't experience barriers to success
• Health Care – 99% Company-paid health care, dental and vision (through amazing providers). Taking care of our employees and their covered dependents is one way we demonstrate we care
• Monthly Stipend – Used for food, fun, travel, education to name a few … in general almost anything goes
• Mental wellbeing support – Access to an EAP (personal issues/financial/substance counseling) an on-line therapy for mental health is one more way we demonstrate our care
• Equity – Full-time employees are rewarded with equity – we all have a mutual stake in Cantina's success
• 401(K) - eligible to participate on day one of employment – save for your future!
• Short and Long Term Disability - company paid
• Life Insurance - 1 times base pay, 100% company paid
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoptive Leaves - generous maternity/paternity benefits
• PTO - 15 paid PTO/Vacation days per calendar year
• Holidays - 13 paid holidays per calendar year
• Sick Pay - 9 days per calendar year
• Discounts - through Smart Perks

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