We are Omnissa!

The world is evolving fast, and organizations everywhere—from corporations to schools—are under immense pressure to provide flexible, work-from-anywhere solutions. They need IT infrastructure that empowers employees and customers to access applications from any device, on any cloud, all while maintaining top-tier security. That’s where Omnissa comes in.

The Omnissa Platform is the first AI-driven digital work platform that enables smart, seamless and secure work experiences from anywhere. It uniquely integrates multiple industry-leading solutions including Unified Endpoint Management, Virtual Apps and Desktops, Digital Employee Experience, and Security & Compliance through common data, identity, administration, and automation services. Built on the vision of autonomous workspaces - self configuring, self-healing, and self-securing - Omnissa continuously adapts to the way people work; delivering personalized and engaging employee experiences, while optimizing security, IT operations and costs. we're experiencing rapid growth—and this is just the beginning of our journey!

At Omnissa, we’re driven by a shared mission to maximize value for our customers. Our five Core Values guide us: Act in Alignment, Build Trust, Foster Inclusiveness, Drive Efficiency, and Maximize Customer Value—all with the aim of achieving shared success for our clients and our team.

As a global private company with over 4,000 employees, we’re always looking for passionate, talented individuals to join us. If you're ready to make an impact and help shape the future of work, we’d love to hear from you!

What is the opportunity?

As a Multimedia Codec Staff Engineer you will be responsible for driving innovation in the codec stack of our Horizon Blast VDI screen remoting solution. Here is a breakdown:

• Design, implement, maintain and optimize codecs for desktop screen content compression
• Improve codec performance for high density systems while maintaining great compatibility across platforms and low power devices.

What will you bring to Omnissa?

• Strong knowledge and experience with the development of image and video codecs (DCT-based encoders, JPEG, PNG, H264, AV1)
• Understanding of arithmetic encoders
• Experience in programming with SIMD (SSE2, AVX2,…)
• Strong experience with C/C++
• Audio/video sync, zero-latency and real-time streaming experience preferred.
• Cross platform development/architecture experience (Linux/Windows/OSX and x86/arm)

Location: Mountain View, CA (Preferred)

Location Type: Hybrid or Onsite

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

Our team strives to build a desktop screen remoting protocol that’s lightweight, scalable and achieves high compression efficiency. As an engineering driven team, developers have a solid opportunity to define and build next gen solutions for our desktop remoting product. Our team uses modern software development workflows and tools such as Atlassian, GitHub and CI/CD.

Omnissa industry recognition and awards:

• Gartner Magic Quadrant: Consistently positioned as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
• IDC MarketScape Q2 2024: Recognized as a leader in IDC MarketScape reports for EUC.
• Forrester Wave report for Q4 2023: Workspace ONE received the highest scores in the current offering category and the second-highest scores in the strategy category.
• Customer Satisfaction and Reviews: High ratings and positive reviews on platforms like Gartner Peer Insights and TrustRadius.

Omnissa’s commitment to diversity & inclusion:

Omnissa is committed to continuing their mission to build a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve across the globe. Fostering inclusiveness is one of our key values, that acts as a bedrock of our operational model and culture.

Omnissa is an Equal Employer Opportunity and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:

Omnissa is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Omnissa are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Omnissa will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Omnissa welcomes applicants of all ages. Omnissa will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.

Disclaimer for US-Based Roles: This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship by Omnissa