Hiring FFmpeg developers
If you're running a business that uses FFmpeg or would like to use FFmpeg, you will sometimes want to have an expert, i.e. one of the original developers, work with you to figure out an issue, fix a bug or add some new feature.
This page is a list of those FFmpeg developers that are available for employment or consulting. The FFmpeg project highly recommends these people to be hired by your business. All developers on this list have commit rights, which serves as a testimony for their competence. By hiring one of these developers, your business can also (indirectly) support the development of FFmpeg.
If you do not know whom to hire in particular or if none of the listed areas of expertise fits your requirements, you can send an email to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list, where it will reach a wider audience.
Baptiste Coudurier
Baptiste Coudurier is located in Los Angeles, California and is available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2005 and has had commit rights since 2006. He has special expertise in broadcast codecs (ProRes, DNxHD, IMX/D-10, AVC-Intra), formats (MXF, GXF, MOV) and usages (Avid, FCP, Interlacing, Time Code, Metadata). You can contact him by email at baptiste.coudurier@gmail.com.
Benjamin Larsson
Benjamin Larsson is located in Stockholm, Sweden and is available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2004. Main area of expertise is audio codecs. You can contact him by email at benjamin at southpole dot se.
Diego Biurrun
Diego is located in Aachen, Germany and available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2003 and is a committer since 2004. He has special expertise in license compliance engineering and build systems. You can contact him by email at diego at biurrun dot de.
Jason Garrett-Glaser
Jason is located in Los Angeles, US and is available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2008 and has had commit rights since 2008. He is also the lead x264 developer and has special expertise in H.264 and other modern lossy video formats, as well as x86 SIMD assembly optimization. You can contact him by email at jason@x264.com.
Luca Barbato
Luca is located in Torino, Italy and available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2005 and has had commit rights since 2006. He has special expertise in streaming protocols. You can contact him by email at luca.barbato@axant.it.
Michael Niedermayer
Michael is located in Vienna, Austria and available for contracting work. He is an expert in all areas of video coding as well as x86 assembly. You can contact him by email at michaelni at gmx dot at.
Stefano Sabatini
Stefano is located in Cagliari, Italy and is available for contracting work. He has worked on FFmpeg since 2007 and has had commit rights since 2008. He has special expertise in libavfilter, ff* tools usage and usability issues. You can contact him by email at stefasab@gmail.com.
