Dolby Careers Staff Data Architect (40476)

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby science meets art and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team youll see and hear the results of your work everywhere from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create deliver and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that we need the absolute best talent. Were big enough to give you all the resources you need and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture challenging projects and excellent compensation and benefitsnot to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where when and how you do your best work.

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is the research division of the company. ATGs mission is to look ahead deliver insights and innovate technological solutions that will fuel Dolbys continued growth. Our researchers have a broad range of expertise related to computer science and electrical engineering such as AI/ML algorithms digital signal processing audio engineering image processing computer vision data science & analytics distributed systems cloud edge & mobile computing computer networking and IoT.

Sight and Sound play a large role in our daytoday experiences. We believe data can play a huge role in making the experiences personalized and resilient. Data is critical to synthesizing experiences that are otherwise unimaginable.

Were looking for a talented Staff Data Researcher who is excited to advance the state of the art in technologies of interest to Dolby as well as the human society at large. Research in the areas of data platforms distributed processing systems and data science at Dolby Laboratories focuses on all aspects of largescale cloud and data processing platforms and services and novel ways to accelerate discovering insight from data. We are interested in a variety of topics including largescale distributed systems stream processing edge computing applied machine learning and AI big graphs natural language processing big data management and heterogenous data analytics.

Specifically we are looking for an architect who is passionate aboutcombining science with arttranslating research into AIenabled low latency realtime streaming systems and applications which enable the next generation of immersive experiences.

You will:

Partner with Dolby researchers understand the AI based Imaging/Audio algorithms and optimize the algorithm to run in Cloud and end device in a distributed way.

Be a key part of a team which is trying to figure out how to do low latency cloud offloading of complex algorithm. T

Partner to develop a Cloud backend solution Web App and mobile applications for Android/iOS which connect to the Cloud backend.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement advanced data platforms unified data models spanning structured and unstructured data sets and dataenabling systems like metadata management services to support training and inference of AI/ML models in hybridcloud environment.
• Design and implement cloudbased distributed software architectures and microservicebased platforms to enable low latency realtime streaming and complex event processing that deliver Dolbys next gen Audio/Visual experiences in the cloud or on enduser devices.
• Develop new applications novel data collection tools and instrumentation regimes that enable an amazing variety of interactive and immersive datadriven experiences by inferring context of both content and the world around us using AIbased techniques.
• Consult and implement data governance and management policies to support Dolbys position as trusted custodian in the media entertainment and technology ecosystems.
• Partner with ATG researchers to understand data and advanced cloud systemrelated opportunities in adjacent research domains such as applied AI and machine learning in Audio / Video domains.

What you need to succeed

Competencies

• Technical depth:Necessary technical knowledge to create new SW architecture platforms and enabling systems needed for realtime justintime processing for audio/video algorithms running on distributed fashion between cloud and edge devices. Basic knowledge on Audio/Video streaming formats.
• Explore new technologies: Openness to learn new areas and innovate in the new areas.
• Invent & Innovate:Develop short and longterm technologies algorithms and software tools that will help make Dolby a world leader in enhancing the sight and sound associated with digital content consumption. Then influence and collaborate with BG partners put the technology into production.
• Work with a sense of Urgency:Responds aggressively to changing trends and new technologies and creates new algorithms to capitalize on them. Takes appropriate risks to be ahead of the competition and the market.
• Collaborate:Collaborate with and influence peers in developing industryleading technologies. Work with external trendsetters and technology drivers in academia and in partner enterprises.

Desired Background

• Mastersin Computer Science or related field PHD is a plus
• 5 years of professional experience with relevant experience building and designing distributed data systems
• Knowledge of statistics data science AI/machine learning big data management
• Strong proficiency in Python and an additional language (e.g. C Golang Rust etc)
• Expertise in data structures distributed algorithms (consensus coordination etc) data modeling and data analytic techniques of heterogenous streambased data
• 4 years of experience in cloud systems distributed computing architectures (ntier peertopeer microservices) service design and implementation (REST Thrift/gRPC etc) container orchestration (Kubernetes) and optimization techniques
• Experience with realtime messaging and streaming architectures platforms and frameworks (PubSub/Kafka Storm Kinesis Dataflow/Beam Flink Spark Streaming etc)
• Experience with AI/ML models cloudoptimization and software development patterns
• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD (Github Actions etc)bash UNIX/Linux commands etc
• Familiar with git and project management tools such as JIRA
• Excellent problemsolving and partnership skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Desired: Knowledge of Audio/Video formatsprocessing editing and streaming.
• Bonus:Experience with deep learning frameworks e.g. TensorFlow PyTorch etc. is a plus.
• Bonus:Experience with Databricks / Spark

The Atlanta Area base salary range for this fulltime position is$170000 $182000which can vary if outside this locationplus bonus benefits and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including jobrelated skills competencies experience market demands internal parity and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code Article 49 and Administrative Code Article 12

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race religious creed color age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin religion marital status family status medical condition disability military service pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal state and local laws and ordinances.