Senior Web Video Developer

📋 Description

• • Senior Web Video Developer at Truetandem, Inc. is a pivotal role focused on building and delivering high-performance, scalable web video experiences that power critical applications for federal agencies, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies. This position directly impacts how users consume video content across diverse platforms, ensuring reliability, low latency, and exceptional quality of experience (QoE) in mission-critical environments.
• • The role demands a blend of deep technical expertise in web video technologies and collaborative product development, enabling the creation of next-generation video players that support advertising, adaptive bitrate streaming, and cross-device compatibility while adhering to accessibility and performance standards.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include developing, testing, and releasing new web video features using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, with a focus on optimizing startup time, minimizing rebuffering, and implementing seamless bitrate switching algorithms.
• • The developer will implement and refine web video advertising integrations (pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll) while ensuring compliance with browser autoplay policies and platform-specific playback behaviors on mobile and desktop.
• • They will conduct performance analysis using QoE metrics, diagnose playback issues through advanced debugging techniques, and implement robust error handling and fallback strategies to maintain service continuity under variable network conditions.
• • Collaboration with designers, product managers, QA engineers, and fellow developers is essential to align feature development with the product roadmap, participate in Agile ceremonies (Scrum/XP), and contribute innovative ideas that balance speed-to-market with long-term scalability.
• • The role requires continuous learning of emerging web video technologies, CDN configurations (e.g., Akamai, Fastly), and AI-assisted development tools to stay ahead of industry trends and improve development efficiency.
• • The developer will maintain and improve source code using Git-based version control (GitHub/GitLab), contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Jenkins, and ensure code quality through peer reviews and testing.
• • They will be expected to respond to time-critical production issues, including after-hours troubleshooting for emergency video playback failures, demonstrating ownership and resilience in high-pressure scenarios.
• • Truetandem operates as a trusted IT solutions provider serving high-profile clients across government, nonprofit, and commercial sectors, fostering a culture of innovation, employee empowerment, and customer-centric delivery.
• • The engineering team values technical excellence, agility, and cross-functional collaboration, offering a supportive environment where senior engineers are encouraged to mentor peers and influence architectural decisions.
• • In this role, the individual will deepen their expertise in web video engineering — a niche and high-demand specialization — while gaining exposure to enterprise-scale media delivery systems used by national institutions.
• • They will have the opportunity to shape the evolution of Truetandem’s video platform, contribute to open-adjacent technologies, and develop leadership capabilities through technical ownership and cross-team influence in a remote-friendly, mission-driven organization.