WebRTC SFU Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (EU) or Amsterdam (relocation and Visa sponsorship available)
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: €70,000 to €160,000 EUR (depending on Seniority level and location)

Stream powers chat & video for many large apps like Strava, Nextdoor, Patreon, IBM, Adobe and Midjourney. For video, we’ve built our own Go/Pion based SFU and a network of edge servers around the world. We are looking for a WebRTC SFU Engineer to join our team and work on the SFU. The goal is to raise the bar on the developer experience and make it much easier to add real-time audio/video to your app. We are also expanding into AI integrations for real-time audio & video.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of backend/low-level WebRTC experience.
• Solid engineering experience and motivation to learn are more relevant than prior experience with the language.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Work on the SFU (Software Forward Unit) for WebRTC.
• Contribute to improving the developer experience for real-time audio/video integration.
• Expand into AI integrations for real-time audio & video.
• Utilize technologies like Go, CockroachDB/Postgres, RocksDB, Raft, and Redis.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Go
• Scalability/database/Redis experience
• Experience with SDK development (React, Swift, Compose, etc.)
• Experience with AWS or other cloud provider
• Python and Rust experience
• Message queues experience
• Full text search experience

Company Information

• Funding: $58M from leading VCs (Felicis Ventures, Notable Capital, 01.Advisors, Techstars, Arthur Ventures)
• Notable Backers: Dick Costolo (ex-CEO of Twitter), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Tom Preston-Werner (Co-Founder of GitHub), Nicolas Dessaigne (Co-Founder of Algolia)
• Technology Stack: Go, CockroachDB/Postgres, RocksDB, Raft, Redis
• Benefits:
  • Salary Range: €70,000 to €160,000 EUR
  • Team of exceptional (and friendly) engineers
  • Chance to work on OSS projects
  • 28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays
  • Company equity
  • Pension scheme
  • Learning and Development budget
  • Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered or the option to use a company bike within the city
  • Fitness stipend
  • Monthly in-office chair massages

Application Instructions

• Visit https://getstream.io/chat/get_started/ for more information and to apply.

Hybrid Policy

• Applicants based in the Netherlands or relocating here are expected to work in the office in Amsterdam 3 times per week. Exemptions may apply to specific cases.