Backend Software Engineer
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.
About the job
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)
Skills
APIs, Real-Time Processing, Video Processing, Infrastructure Scaling, EC2, Systems Programming, AWS
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