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Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Architect

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong architecture experience designing scalable and distributed systems
  • Professional experience building video streaming, media processing, or real-time communication systems
  • Strong understanding of real-time networking and media delivery

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable architectures for video processing, streaming, and real-time media delivery
  • Define technical solutions involving video processing technologies such as GStreamer or FFmpeg
  • Design real-time networking architectures using technologies and protocols such as WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, SFU, and UDP
  • Architect globally distributed AWS infrastructure supporting scalable media workloads

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Oowlish

IT Services & IT Consulting

We are on a mission to give every company, no matter the size, the opportunity to innovate and help build a better future. Our Services: Dedicated Tech (full/partial) Squads: we create multi-disciplinary, remote (near-shore) Tech Squads that become part of your team. They adapt to your workflows and are trained on Agile methodologies to deliver continuous value. We believe that well-trained remote teams bring clients the opportunity to increase innovation output by accessing a greater / more diverse pool of talent, while reducing the cost of development. On-Demand Software Development: at our core, we are software developers excited about building digital products and solutions using the latest technologies and agile methodologies. We provide end-to-end capabilities to deliver on your technical requests. Product Management, Tech Architecture, Front / Back End Development, Devops & QA Ventures: We partner with entrepreneurs and organizations to invest and build from scratch new businesses. We co-design a desired Minimum Lovable Product to find product market fit and scale in a lean way. As startup founders ourselves, we love getting things from 0 to 1. We are End-To-End Innovation Enablers, helping your company unlock its full innovation potential.

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Join Our Team   Oowlish, one of Latin America's rapidly expanding software development companies, is seeking experienced technology professionals to enhance our diverse and vibrant team.   As a valued member of Oowlish, you will collaborate with premier clients from the United States and Europe, contributing to pioneering digital solutions. Our commitment to creating a nurturing work environment is recognized by our certification as a Great Place to Work, where you will have opportunities for professional development, growth, and a chance to make a significant international impact.   We offer the convenience of remote work, allowing you to craft a work-life balance that suits your personal and professional needs. We're looking for candidates who are passionate about technology, proficient in English, and excited to engage in remote collaboration for a worldwide presence.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Architect to help design and implement a highly scalable video streaming platform.

This is a hands-on architecture role requiring strong experience across video processing and streaming, real-time networking, and globally distributed AWS infrastructure.

You will help define technical architecture while working closely with other senior engineers to build and scale the platform. The team will collectively cover the required technical areas, so deep expertise in specific areas can complement the experience of other team members.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Design scalable architectures for video processing, streaming, and real-time media delivery.
  • Define technical solutions involving video processing technologies such as GStreamer or FFmpeg.
  • Design real-time networking architectures using technologies and protocols such as WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, SFU, and UDP.
  • Architect globally distributed AWS infrastructure supporting scalable media workloads.
  • Design highly available and scalable cloud deployments across multiple AWS regions.
  • Define infrastructure strategies involving EKS, load balancing, autoscaling, caching, CDN, and serverless services.
  • Make architectural decisions around performance, scalability, reliability, and global traffic distribution.
  • Collaborate with Senior Engineers and other Architects on implementation and technical decisions.
  • Provide hands-on technical guidance during development and implementation.

  • Requirements:
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong architecture experience designing scalable and distributed systems.
  • Professional experience building video streaming, media processing, or real-time communication systems.
  • Strong understanding of real-time networking and media delivery.
  • Strong AWS architecture and infrastructure experience.
  • Experience designing or supporting globally distributed and multi-region systems.
  • Ability to work hands-on alongside engineering teams rather than operating exclusively at a high-level architecture layer.
  • Strong customer-facing communication skills.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

  • Must Have:
  • Strong experience with video processing and streaming technologies, including: GStreamer or FFmpeg, H.264/H.265, HLS/DASH, fMP4/TS.
  • Strong experience with real-time networking and media communication, including: RTP, WebRTC, STUN, TURN, SFU, UDP.
  • Strong experience with AWS infrastructure and globally distributed deployments, including technologies such as S3, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, Autoscaling, Network Load Balancer (NLB), Global Accelerator, Valkey/Redis, and Multi-region deployments.
  • Experience building and supporting scalable production systems.
  • Experience working with video streaming or real-time media systems in production environments.
  • Advanced written and verbal English communication skills.

  • Nice to Have:
  • Experience with iOS video and real-time media development, including: Swift, WebRTC, AVFoundation, and VideoToolbox.
  • Experience with Android video and real-time media development, including: Kotlin, WebRTC, and MediaCodec.
  • Experience with C/C++ development.
  •   Benefits & Perks:   Home office; Competitive compensation based on experience; Career plans to allow for extensive growth in the company; International Projects; Oowlish English Program (Technical and Conversational); Games and Competitions;     You can also apply here:   Website: https://www.oowlish.com/work-with-us/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oowlish/jobs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oowlishtechnology/    

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