About fuboTV:

fuboTV is the worlds only sports-focused live streaming TV service with top leagues & teams, plus popular shows, movies & news for the entire household. We have 100+ live TV channels, including the FOX, NBC, CBS, ABC & Disney broadcast catalogs, plus Showtime, AMCand thousands of on-demand titles! fuboTV can be accessed on multiple platforms, including Web, Android, iOS, tvOS, Fire TV, Android TV, Roku, XBox, smart TV's & Chromecast.

Were rapidly growing in employees, subscribers & our content offerings. Which means we need your help taking us to the next level. 

fuboTV is committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds & traditions. We encourage everyone to apply.

About the Role:

fuboTV is looking for talented individuals to join our fast-growing company on our Networks team.  The ideal candidates must be knowledgeable & experienced with master control playout systems in a live event broadcast setting.   

The successful candidate  is driven, creative & enthusiastic to join a team that values collaboration, patience & the determination it takes to work at a high level.  Striving to consistently increase the networks brand value, he/she is also responsible for reliable, consistent operation of these systems to provide a top quality video delivery experience for our customers.

The Live Events Engineer is to set up & coordinate the execution of live events. Many live events take place after regular working hours & on weekends. Candidates should understand the day-to-day job expectations before agreeing to work on this team.

Responsibilities:

• Work with multiple teams to align & schedule upcoming live events for playout
• Provide operational support as needed to programming teams & during live event
• Perform routine maintenances as needed, possibly overnight 
• Execute multiple live streaming events concurrently; be the sole owner of many tier-1 live events for our customers making sure they have the highest quality experience
• Make in-room decisions as a call leader; organizing tasks between production, service partners, & directing other support engineers during live events.
• Work with senior engineers & other teams on high-severity, active support issues, prioritizing mitigation while investigating root-cause fixes
• Deliver event reports to senior leadership
• Aid in the development & testing of operational tools that improve efficiency through automation
• Ownership of one or more video products or components
• Customer notification & workflow coordination with follow-up to maintain service level agreements
• Creating & maintaining team specific knowledge-base articles & operational & training documentation
• Assist in the training of new Live Event staff as the team grows

Required Skills:

• Have 3+ years of experience operating playout automation systems in a live master control environment at a television/cable/MVPD (or similar) provider
• Maintain & grow professional relationships with internal & external business stakeholders
• Availability off-schedule (late hours and/or weekends) to monitor broadcasts & support live events; address mission-critical incidents as they arise; escalating as necessary to oncall teams & business partners
• Understanding of various video & audio codecs such as AVC, HEVC, AAC, E-AC3 with emphasis on video/audio quality
• Understanding of various streaming packaging methods such as HLS & DASH
• Understanding of various multimedia transport protocols such as: RTP, RTMP, SRT, UDP, Zixi
• Familiarity with SSAI a plus
• Familiarity with Master Control & Playout technology
• Familiarity with different CDN vendors & their systems (e.g. Akamai, Level3, Fastly, etc.)
• Familiarity with enterprise MPEG Analysis tools, such as Tektronix, Ineoquest, Elecard, etc
• Familiarity with testing live event environments

The Ideal Candidate will also:

• Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment in which individual contributors are trusted & depended upon to set technical direction
• Enjoy learning new things & sharing knowledge with co-workers
• Take the initiative in identifying & removing roadblocks
• Be a pleasure to work with in a professional environment
• Be comfortable giving & receiving honest feedback
• Be unafraid of failure
• Enjoy disrupting the status quo

Perks & Benefits:

• At fuboTV, you will have the opportunity to personally influence what live media looks like after it goes through its next big transformation
• Professional development courses & learning opportunities 
• fuboTV provides a highly competitive compensation based on experience & market standards
• Robust benefit package including Health/Dental/Vision coverage sponsored up to 100% for employees, 401k, Life Insurance, & commuter benefits
• Free Premium fuboTV Account
• Health & Wellness initiatives
• Unlimited PTO days & regular company-wide activities.
• fuboTV's main Headquarters are located in Midtown Manhattan.
• fuboTV is an e-verified company