Maksym Horban

About

Video stream engineer with hands-on experience across FFmpeg, GStreamer pipelines, and modern streaming ecosystems. Proficient with Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Marlin, Verimatrix, and adaptive streaming workflows (HLS, MPEG-DASH) in cloud and on-prem deployments. Experienced with AWS Elemental for transcoding and Shaka Packager for packaging, as well as PSNR-driven quality optimization and adaptive framerate techniques. Strong background in SCTE-35/104 signaling, caption workflows (EIA-608/708, DVB Subtitles, TTML, SCC), and VOD pipelines. Over 7 years in software, leading initiatives from design to delivery, and eager to contribute leadership and technical expertise to a forward-thinking team.

Experience

• Video Stream Engineer · JMatrix Innocorp09-01-2022 –

  Working with Media Pipelines and Proprietary Media DRM such as Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Marlin and Verimatrix using C++, FFmpeg, Media Foundation Pipeline and Streamer. I have gained experience working with AWS Elemental for media transcoding and using Shaka Packager for stream packaging and encoding at various bitrates. My expertise lies in optimizing videos for the best viewability using video quality metrics such as PSNR, and implementing adaptive framerate for various faction and humor cinematography. My knowledge extends to packaging mechanisms such as DASH for Adaptive bitrate streaming and HLS. I have also worked on pixel-level operations in numpy and FFMEG Data Structures in C++ with various raw pixel formats like YV12, YUY2, NV12, and more.

• Senior Video Engineer · Media Excel11-01-2019 – 05-01-2020

  I have experience processing ad signals using SCTE-35 and SCTE-104, integrating them into HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, and MPEG-TS streams. I’ve worked extensively on closed captioning and subtitle workflows including EIA-608/708, DVB Subtitles, OP-47, Teletext, and sidecar files like SCTT, TTML, and SCC, as well as converting them to SEI, WebVTT, and EBU-TT formats. In VOD pipelines, I’ve handled a wide range of formats such as MXF, MP4, AVI, TS, DV, VOB, and more, and implemented redundancy, failover, ClipCasting, and OpenH323-based video conferencing solutions.

• Software Engineer · Ajax Systems02-01-2018 – 10-01-2019

  I have developed and maintained tools for software engineers using a variety of programming languages including Java, Python, TypeScript, Kotlin and Groovy. These tools include libraries and web servers using TCP/HTTP protocols, and domain-specific languages (DSLs) for code generation. These efforts supported backend automation framework development, overseeing architecture, OOP concepts, and server logic while using Jenkins and related CI processes.

Education

• Kyiv National Economics UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science

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