Develops high-performance APIs and real-time video processing pipelines for massive-scale infrastructure handling 3TB/second data. Requires 4+ years systems software experience, customer empathy, and ability to independently own features in a fast-growing startup.
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On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
About the role
Responsibilities
Build the core product, from APIs to real-time video processing pipelines
Be independent and own major features through development and deployment
Operate, scale and extend extensive video processing infrastructure, responsible for running code in production
Work directly with customers to solve their problems and drive product empathy
Qualifications
4+ years of systems software development experience
Deep customer empathy, including speaking with customers and making product decisions
Strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains
Bonus
Previously founded a startup (extra bonus for dev-tools startup)
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