Senior Video Engineer

Senior Video Engineer focuses on make sure network issues are handled in the most robust way possible.

What the role involves

• Make sure network issues are handled in the most robust way possible.
• The audio/video tech is as performant as possible, from a first principles approach. It must be the best in class.
• You proactively prevent audio/video sync issues in the app and help level up others in the team in this area.
• The entire audio/video part of the code feels extremely solid and well tested.

Skills and requirements

• Deep, low-level audio/video and RTP experience: encoding/decoding, pipeline internals, low-latency transport.
• Broader RTP experience (RTMP and related protocols) is relevant.
• Systems-level programming in Rust, C, or C++. You don't need to be a Rust expert, though it's a bonus.
• Real desktop or low-level mobile experience. Windows, Mac, iOS, Android: the platform matters less than the depth. They need someone who's worked below the framework layer.

Confirmed role details

• The people you'd be working with have years of shared context shipping serious audio/video products together.
• One small daily sync at 9am Pacific.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving

Additional role context

• The problem They're building a native desktop app for Mac and Windows.
• The core stack is Rust, with WebRTC and some GStreamer.
• In a browser, WebRTC handles huge amounts of the low-level work for you.

Known job details

• Pay: £110,000 - £180,000