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As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Engineer to work on Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) platforms. The role involves developing and integrating AI-driven video analytic s use cases using existing models, performing profiling and performance optimizations , and debugging complex system-level issues across edge and cloud components. The engineer will work closely with platform, AI, and systems teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-performance VSaaS solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and integrate AI-based video analytics use cases using existing ML/DL models

• Work on VSaaS platform components spanning edge devices, cloud services, and APIs

• Perform performance profiling, optimization, and resource tuning (CPU, GPU, memory, latency)

• Debug and resolve system-level and application-level issues in production/lab environments

• Optimize video pipelines, inference workflows, and data paths for reliability and performance

• Collaborate with AI, platform, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure end-to-end solution quality

• Analyze logs, metrics, and traces to identify bottlenecks and stability issues

• Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices

• Document designs, optimizations, and troubleshooting guidelines

Qualifications & Experience -

Required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or a related field

• 1+ years of hands-on engineering experience in video analytics, VSaaS, or related domains

• Strong experience in C/C++ and/or Python (Go experience is a plus)

• Hands-on experience with VSaaS or video analytics platforms

• Experience integrating and deploying pre-trained AI/ML models for real-world use cases

• Solid understanding of performance profiling and optimization techniques

• Strong debugging skills across application, OS, and system layers

• Experience with Linux-based systems and containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)

Preferred:

• Experience with video pipelines (RTSP, GStreamer, FFmpeg, codecs)

• Familiarity with edge AI deployments and hardware accelerators (GPU/NPU)

• Exposure to cloud-native architectures , microservices, and observability tools

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and production-grade deployments

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