StaffSenior Software Consultant Golang

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Role Overview

We areseekinga highly skilledBackend Engineerwith strongexpertiseinreal-time media streaming low-latency communication and distributed backend systemsusing C or Golang. The ideal candidate must have deep hands-on experience withstreaming protocols real-time communication frameworks and high-performance backend engineering. This role involves designing and building backend microservices that power real-time audio/video communication streaming pipelines and low-latency data flows across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design develop andmaintainhigh-performance backend servicesusingGoorC.

• Build andoptimizereal-time microservicesthat support low-latency communication across a distributed architecture.

• Develop and enhanceWebSocket REST and real-time APIsused by client-facing applications.

• Workextensively withmedia streaming technologies includingRTP SRTP WebRTC and related protocols.

• Implement andoptimizeWebRTC SFUs (Selective Forwarding Units)for scalable audio/video streaming.

• Integrate andoptimizemedia workflows using tools and libraries such asFFmpegandGStreamer.

• Workwith databases such asMySQL Redis MongoDB and design efficient data models for real-time workloads.

• Ensure backend services meethigh standardsofsecurity reliability and performanceusing modern DevOps and SRE practices.

• Collaborate closely withFrontend DevOps and Product teamsto deliver end-to-end features.

• Write clean well-documented and maintainable code following best engineering practices.

• Diagnose performance bottlenecks andoptimizebackend systems for scalability and speed.

Requirements

• 5 yearsof hands-on backend development experience usingGoand/orC.

• Strongexpertisein real-time media streaming including one or more of the following:

• RTP / SRTP

• WebRTC (MUST-HAVE)

• WebRTC SFU implementation

• Deep understanding ofvideo/audio processing with experience usingFFmpegGStreamer or similar frameworks.

• Understanding ofnetworking concepts includingTCP UDP ICE STUN/TURN andWebSockets.

• Strong understanding ofconcurrency asynchronous programming and performance tuning.

• Experience building and consumingRESTfulandWebSocketAPIs.

• Hands-on experience withmessage queuessuch as Kafka NATS or RabbitMQ.

• Experience working withcloud platforms(AWS GCP Azure).

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work on low-latency high-throughput systems.

• Proficient inCor Gofor media streaming

• Familiarity with monitoring logging and tracing tools (e.g. Prometheus GrafanaOpenTelemetry) is a plus.

• A good understanding of containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.

• Experience working with real-time communication platforms is an added advantage.