Software Engineer & User Interface

Company Profile:

NexGuard, part of NAGRAVISION within the Kudelski Group, is a world leader in watermarking technology and solutions for protecting media content against illicit redistribution. NexGuard offers an extensive portfolio of cutting-edge forensic watermarking applications for content protection. Our products help content owners, rights holders and distributors to protect high value contents and media assets throughout their entire lifecycle; they are complementary to Conditional Access and DRM for broadcast Pay TV and multiscreen Over The Top (OTT) delivery, and benefit from premium content such as live sports, Ultra HD High Dynamic Range (HDR) movies, or early release Video on Demand (VoD).

NexGuard draws on more than twenty years of engineering development and market experience to bring the most robust content identification technologies. Its watermarking technologies are proven and already widely used by the largest media owners in the world.

NexGuard activities are driven from France (Rennes area; R&D and Product Management), Los Angeles, New York, Eindhoven and Dubai.

For more information, please visit our website at https://nagra.vision/security-solutions/forensic-watermarking/

Job Description

NexGuard is seeking a software engineer with skills for UI design.

The SW Engineer will be member of an engineering team that is responsible for the implementation and integration of watermarking algorithms targeting the full content lifecycle, from Digital Cinema, Prerelease, Pay TV set-top Boxes, Video Streaming over the Internet and mobile devices.

The SW Engineer will have the opportunity to work on varied topics within this eco-system with support from the rest of the team, following a DevOps organization and working closely with customers.

One specific need is to drive UI design and collaborate with product to define the look and feel of graphical user interfaces both for hosted web services as well as stand-alone applications.

The engineering team uses agile methodologies to develop their solutions for Windows, Linux, embedded, and mobile operating systems as well as cloud-based solutions.

We operate in a highly dynamic, technical and fast-paced environment that requires a client-focused, agile way of thinking and working. We focus on technical excellence in solving challenging real-life problems.

Function Profile & Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for the SW Engineer include:

• UI Design for new and maintenance of existing user interfaces (C#, Web UI/JavaScript)

• Implementing new and enhancing current watermarking algorithms in C/C++

• Supporting customers and partners with their integration

• Contribute to automated validation in Python

• Participate actively in the Agile process

• Keep abreast of new SW developments that are relevant for NexGuard solutions.

This position is based in Cesson Sévigné (close to Rennes), France.

Education, Experience, Skills & Abilities:

The preferred candidate will possess the following education, experience, skills and abilities:

• M.Sc. in computer science or electrical engineering (or equivalent) with at least 2 years of industry experience

• Solid experience with UI design

• Good knowledge of C/C++ / Python and JavaScript

• Development on Linux and Windows

• Experience with audio and video processing is a plus (FFmpeg)

• Experience with cloud-based solutions is a plus (AWS)

• Strong analytic and problem solving skills.

• Good communications skills and good command of written and spoken English.

• A proactive attitude in supporting customers