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Senior Imaging Software Engineer at Dolby

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Job Description

Essential Job Functions:
  • Design and develop innovative Dolby Imaging/Video algorithms and software.
  • You are expected to define, develop and orchestrate new technical architectures to support the strategic imaging technology innovation pipeline, end to end across all ecosystems and in all device categories.
  • Your responsibilities include taking proof-of-concepts in emerging imaging technologies and productize them to deliver high-performance, high-quality software libraries.
  • Implement performance optimization of algorithms to accelerate on GPUs and CPUs processors.
  • Able to work in fast-paced working environment; Agile teamwork experience is a plus.
  • Partner with SQA to enhance the test-setup including hardware, software, and Test Automation environments.
  • Follow best practices for source control development, continuous integration, automated testing, and release management.
  • Produce and maintain useful and usable documentation of work.
  • Partner with technical writers to provide and review technical data relating to documentation for the SDK going into technical publication.
Requirements:
  • Completed Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering with an emphasis and passion for multimedia technologies and 4+ years of experience in professional imaging and or system and application engineering.
  • Experience implementing, optimizing and deploying machine learning models in production using frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow, including deep learning architectures for image processing (e.g. ResNet and other CNN-based models)
  • Strong experience in coding with C and C++.
  • Experience working with scripting languages - particularly Python - for automation, data processing and workflow optimization.
  • Experience improving C/C++ CPU performance through multithreading (including OpenMP and SIMD vectorization.)
  • Experience with AI and ML models, preferably in the vision space.
  • Experience with implementing C++ inference support for ONNX models using onnxruntime and/or other ML inferenceruntimes.
  • Experience in developing applications related to computer graphics, computer vision, image processing and/or video processing is required.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Collaborative team player with a demonstrated willingness to learn and adopt new skills.
  • Knowledge of video encoding/decoding pipelines
  • Experience accelerating C/C++ code to accelerate on GPU processors using graphics programming languages (OpenGL, Vulkan or Direct3D) is a plus.
  • Experience optimizing C/C++ applications for GPU execution using GPU compute frameworks (e.g., CUDA or OpenCL).
  • Experience with OpenCV.
  • Experience with OpenMP.
  • Experience porting MATLAB code to C/C++.
  • Exposure to Git and Jira.
  • Knowledge of video technologies, cinema and television production and post-production workflows.
  • Knowledge of HDR technologies such as Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HL

Nearest Major Market: San Jose

Nearest Secondary Market: Palo Alto

Typical senior pay: $169k for Software Developers nationally

National salary averages
Expected senior-level
$169k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$80k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $211k

Senior roles pay 64% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

Strong candidate leverage

High demand and responsive wages. Negotiate confidently on all fronts.

Hiring leverage
Lean candidate
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
Good mobility

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: All experience levels

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Growth + pay upside

Both the field and your earnings can grow significantly.

+16%
10yr growth
A bachelor's degree is typically expected.
115,200 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: Bachelor's degree

Good time to build expertise—demand will chase supply.

Labor data: BLS 2024