Senior Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Engineer

About the role

Oowlish is looking for a Senior Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Engineer to design, build, and scale video streaming and real‑time communication solutions for premier clients in the United States and Europe. The role is highly hands‑on, focusing on video processing, streaming protocols, and AWS‑based infrastructure while collaborating with architects and senior engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain video processing and streaming solutions using GStreamer or FFmpeg.
• Implement real‑time communication features with WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, and SFU architectures.
• Design, deploy, and support AWS infrastructure (EKS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, load balancing, autoscaling, caching) for globally distributed media workloads.
• Contribute to multi‑region, globally distributed deployments and ensure reliability and scalability of production media systems.
• Troubleshoot performance, networking, streaming, and infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with architects on technical design decisions and documentation.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with video streaming, processing, or real‑time communication systems.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts related to real‑time media.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services and production‑grade scalable systems.
• Advanced written and verbal English communication skills.

Required skills

• GStreamer or FFmpeg
• H.264 / H.265 codecs
• HLS, DASH, fMP4, TS container formats
• WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, SFU, UDP
• AWS services: S3, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, Autoscaling, Network Load Balancer, Global Accelerator
• Valkey / Redis and multi‑region deployment patterns
• iOS video development (Swift, AVFoundation, VideoToolbox) – nice to have
• Android video development (Kotlin, MediaCodec) – nice to have
• C / C++ development

What we offer

• Home‑office remote work arrangement
• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Career growth plans and international project exposure
• Oowlish English Program (technical and conversational)
• Games, competitions, and a supportive company culture