Staff Software Engineer, Video Streaming

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Video Streaming team, responsible for building and scaling low-latency live and recorded video systems. This role offers the opportunity to design and implement next-generation video infrastructure - from ingestion and encoding to packaging and delivery - supporting a rapidly growing fleet of connected devices and integrated video sources.

You’ll act as a technical leader, helping shape the architecture, guiding best practices, and mentoring engineers while delivering highly performant, cloud-based video solutions that power critical real-time capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development of live and recorded video streaming systems, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Design, build, and maintain APIs and backend services for video ingestion, encoding, and delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and infrastructure to ensure smooth integration and high-quality output.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers, fostering excellence and innovation.
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of real-time, distributed systems.
• Continuously improve system efficiency, latency, and observability.

What You Bring

• Deep expertise in video and streaming technologies such as WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, and FFmpeg.
• Experience with live and recorded video ingestion, encoding, packaging, and delivery pipelines.
• Proficiency in Go and TypeScript (Node.js).
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Proven ability to design scalable APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills - you thrive in ambiguity and enjoy tackling complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.