Staff Software Engineer, Video Streaming

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Video Streaming in United States.

This role sits at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and real-time video technology, powering low-latency streaming capabilities used to enhance safety and situational awareness across communities. You will help build and evolve cloud-based video pipelines that ingest, process, encode, and deliver live and recorded video at scale. The work is highly technical and mission-driven, requiring deep engineering expertise and a strong bias toward action in complex, high-impact environments. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to design resilient systems that support rapid growth in connected video devices. This is a hands-on role where your contributions directly influence system performance, reliability, and user experience. It’s ideal for engineers who thrive on solving challenging infrastructure problems while delivering meaningful real-world impact.

• Design, build, and optimize scalable video streaming systems supporting live and recorded video ingestion, encoding, packaging, and delivery.
• Develop and enhance low-latency video pipelines using modern streaming technologies and cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain backend services in Go and TypeScript (Node), ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Integrate and extend video processing libraries such as FFmpeg (libav) and related streaming frameworks.
• Collaborate on API design and implementation to support internal and external video consumption use cases.
• Work with AWS and cloud-native tooling (Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana).
• Contribute to system architecture decisions and improve orchestration, scalability, and resource efficiency.
• Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to deliver high-impact video capabilities.

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Requirements:

• Extensive experience with video and streaming technologies such as WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, and FFmpeg.
• Strong background in building systems for video ingestion, encoding, processing, and delivery.
• Hands-on experience with FFmpeg libraries (e.g., libav) and media pipeline engineering.
• Proficiency in Go and TypeScript (Node.js) for backend service development.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Proven ability to design scalable APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to tackle ambiguous, complex engineering challenges.
• Collaborative approach with experience working across engineering and product teams.
• Bonus: experience with LiveKit, AWS IVS, or similar streaming orchestration tools.

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Benefits:

• Competitive salary range of $200,000 – $225,000 plus equity options
• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions
• Flexible PTO plus 11 company holidays
• 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with additional recovery time for birthing parents
• Fertility, adoption, and family-building support up to $50,000 lifetime benefit
• Mental health support through therapy, coaching, and wellness tools
• Caregiver support services
• Monthly WFH stipend and home office setup allowance
• Learning, productivity, and wellness stipends
• Comprehensive equity and tax advisory support