AI Engineer -Video Content Automation & Ingestion
- Ifood Web Media
- 0 - 3 years
- Chennai
- 4 months ago
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Job Description
Role & responsibilities
As an AI Engineer, you will be at the forefront of building intelligent systems that power our video pipelinefrom content ingestion and encoding to automated quality checks and delivery at scale. Your work will shape how films, shows, and live content travel from partners across the world into the hands of our global audience.
You will design and deploy AI-driven automation for:
- End-to-end video content encoding and ingestion.
- Seamless delivery integrations (Aspera, Media Shuttle, FTP, and more).
- Genre mapping and metadata automation to ensure discoverability.
- Video quality review systems powered by machine learning.
- Closed caption (CC) automation including multilingual generation.
- Audio-Video-CC mismatch detection to guarantee flawless playback.
Every improvement you make will ripple across millions of users, elevating how they experience our platform.
Preferred candidate profile
- Build AI models and automation pipelines for video encoding, ingestion, and quality assurance.
- Integrate with content delivery platforms (Aspera, Media Shuttle, FTP, etc.) for frictionless ingestion.
- Automate metadata classification and genre mapping to streamline content discoverability.
- Develop AI systems to generate, validate, and synchronize closed captions (including multilingual).
- Create intelligent tools for audio/video/CC alignment and mismatch detection.
- Partner with content, operations, and engineering teams to scale automation globally.
- Ensure systems are production-grade, reliable, and capable of handling thousands of titles monthly.
What Youll Bring
- Strong background in AI/ML, computer vision, NLP, or multimedia systems.
- Proficiency in ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and programming languages (Python, C++/Java).
- Experience with video encoding workflows, file formats, and streaming standards such as FFmpeg, video codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1), packaging (HLS, DASH).
- Hands on experience on Automation & Data: Workflow orchestration and big data tools.
- Experience with QA & Content Integrity: Automated QC, perceptual video quality metrics (VMAF, SSIM).
- Knowledge of content delivery protocols (Aspera, Media Shuttle, FTP, S3, cloud transfers and more).
- Familiarity with large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS, etc)
- A problem-solvers mindset with the ability to design automation that scales globally.
- Bonus: experience in media tech, subtitle automation, or streaming pipelines.
- Collaboration Tools: Git, Jira, CI/CD pipelines.
Why Join Us
- Impact at scale: Your innovations will power how millions worldwide discover, watch, and enjoy content.
- Innovation-first culture: Work on bleeding-edge AI applications at the intersection of media and technology.
- Global footprint: Collaborate with teams across continents, shaping the future of streaming.
- Ownership and growth: We believe in empowering engineers to build, own, and lead.
- Inspiration all around: Be part of a team where creativity meets engineering excellence.
Job Classification
Industry: Film / Music / EntertainmentFunctional Area / Department: Data Science & AnalyticsRole Category: Data Science & Machine LearningRole: Computer VisionEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Ifood Web MediaLocation(s): Chennai
Keyskills: Tensorflow Ffmpeg Hls Streaming Computer Vision Machine Learning Pytorch Dash
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