Key skills
Distributed SystemsCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Build Infrastructure That Never Fails: Design and implement highly-available, fault-tolerant backend services.
- Scale Real-Time Communication Systems: Own the backend infrastructure that handles video routing, session management.
- Enable Frontend Teams Through Platform Excellence: Build the APIs and services that frontend engineers depend on.
- Deliver Operational Excellence and Observability: Instrument what matters, establish SLOs, and surface problems.
- Contribute to a Purpose-Driven, User-Centered Culture: Advocate for reliability in technical discussions.
Requirements
- Proven Backend Engineering Skills: 10+ years building, deploying, and operating backend services in production.
- Real-Time Media Processing Expertise: Hands-on experience with GStreamer (required), SIP/RTP, and WebRTC.
- Expertise in Highly-Available Systems: Deep understanding of distributed systems, fault tolerance patterns, and reliability engineering.
- Detail-Oriented and Data-Driven: You instrument your systems, use metrics and logs to diagnose issues systematically.
- Startup Adaptability: Thrive in ambiguous environments, build with incomplete requirements.
Tech Stack
- Distributed Systems
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Opportunity to make an immediate impact
- Remote-first team with colleagues across the world
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO, in addition to standard holidays
- 401(k) plan