Senior Software Engineer, Media Backend

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and enhance the media pipeline and services surrounding LiveKit's real-time core.

• Create distributed systems that assimilate media from diverse sources into the LiveKit ecosystem, and facilitate the export of LiveKit sessions to their required destinations.

• Influence LiveKit's direction regarding media features, formats, and codecs.

• Select the algorithms and implementation strategies that balance performance, reliability, and quality effectively.

• Provide support and guidance to other teams utilizing media services, while elevating the quality standards for the systems they rely on.

• Assist in maintaining operational excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in building and managing production media processing services at scale.

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including asynchronous pipelines, parallel processing, and synchronization.

• Take ownership of your work from start to finish, encompassing design, implementation, deployment, and iteration.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, adapting to changing requirements, and tackling unfamiliar problem domains.

• Appreciate clear communication and aim to build systems that are enjoyable for others to work with.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.

• Flexible vacation policy.