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Principal WebRTC Engineer, Real-time Video

Twitch

Full-time
USA
$160k-$311k per year
aws
entertainment
music
computer science
interviewing
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About Us

Twitch is the world's biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We're about community, inside and out. You'll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We're on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we're up to on LinkedIn and Twitter, and discover the projects we're solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide and Instagram channel to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

As a Principal WebRTC Engineer on the Real-time video team you will report directly to the VP of Video Clients. You will build a real-time video platform that powers both Twitch and AWS customers using AWS Interactive Video Service (IVS).

You will work across client SDK and backend teams to build a world class real-time video platform built on WebRTC.

You can work remotely in the United States, or from Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA, and Salt Lake City, UT.

You Will:

  • Provide technical guidance on the vision of WebRTC within Twitch Video and IVS.

  • Guide the implementation of WebRTC across multiple teams within the real-time video organization

  • Improve our WebRTC server and client stacks for increased efficiency, TTV and QoS over mobile networks.

  • Investigate and explore new technologies to improve our real-time communication services.

You Have:

  • 8+ years of experience in C++

  • 8+ years of experience developing on WebRTC

  • Deep understanding of signaling concepts for WebRTC

  • Hands-on experience debugging and optimizing WebRTC stacks (both backend and client SDKs)

  • Experience in design and maintaining C APIs

  • Bachelors/master's degree in computer science or Engineering

Bonus Points

  • Is an active member of the WebRTC community

  • Have had your changes accepted into libwebrtc mainline

  • Experience with low-level mobile development.

  • Experience working in open source projects

Perks

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Maternity & Parental Leave

  • Flexible PTO

  • Amazon Employee Discount

  • Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

Job ID: TW8221

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Full-time
USA
$160k-$311k per year
6 Applicants
Posted 1 year ago
aws
entertainment
music
computer science
interviewing
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Principal WebRTC Engineer, Real-time Video

Twitch
The job listing has expired. Unfortunately, the hiring company is no longer accepting new applications.

To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs

About Us

Twitch is the world's biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We're about community, inside and out. You'll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We're on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we're up to on LinkedIn and Twitter, and discover the projects we're solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide and Instagram channel to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Role

As a Principal WebRTC Engineer on the Real-time video team you will report directly to the VP of Video Clients. You will build a real-time video platform that powers both Twitch and AWS customers using AWS Interactive Video Service (IVS).

You will work across client SDK and backend teams to build a world class real-time video platform built on WebRTC.

You can work remotely in the United States, or from Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA, and Salt Lake City, UT.

You Will:

  • Provide technical guidance on the vision of WebRTC within Twitch Video and IVS.

  • Guide the implementation of WebRTC across multiple teams within the real-time video organization

  • Improve our WebRTC server and client stacks for increased efficiency, TTV and QoS over mobile networks.

  • Investigate and explore new technologies to improve our real-time communication services.

You Have:

  • 8+ years of experience in C++

  • 8+ years of experience developing on WebRTC

  • Deep understanding of signaling concepts for WebRTC

  • Hands-on experience debugging and optimizing WebRTC stacks (both backend and client SDKs)

  • Experience in design and maintaining C APIs

  • Bachelors/master's degree in computer science or Engineering

Bonus Points

  • Is an active member of the WebRTC community

  • Have had your changes accepted into libwebrtc mainline

  • Experience with low-level mobile development.

  • Experience working in open source projects

Perks

  • Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Maternity & Parental Leave

  • Flexible PTO

  • Amazon Employee Discount

  • Monthly Contribution & Discounts for Wellness Related Activities & Programs (e.g., gym memberships, off-site massages)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Twitch values your privacy. Please consult our Candidate Privacy Notice, for information about how we collect, use, and disclose personal information of our candidates.

Job ID: TW8221

#LI-Remote #RemoteFriendly

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