Senior Video Infrastructure Developer/Engineer - Live Streaming
We seek an experienced live stream Developer/Engineer to evolve and maintain our cloud-based streaming infrastructure for live sports. You will develop solutions using open source frameworks and tools like FFmpeg, libav, and GStreamer while ensuring reliable live content delivery.
At Ligr, we’re a small, fully remote team building cloud-based streaming and graphics software for live sports at all levels—from grassroots to professional leagues—across multiple disciplines.
LIGR is part of the Crionet Group. www.ligrystems.com
Core Technical Areas
- Video streaming infrastructure development
- Media framework integration (FFmpeg, libav, GStreamer, nginx, ossrs, mediasoup etc)
- Cloud-native streaming applications
- Low latency media pipeline architecture
- System reliability and observability
Primary Responsibilities
- Build and maintain video streaming application servers
- Design reliable cloud-based streaming infrastructure
- Improve system stability and performance
- Oversee testing strategy and approach for very high uptime globally
- Assist with monitoring and automated recovery systems
- Optimize encoding pipelines and delivery performance
- Make technical decisions for platform evolution
Required Experience/Skills
- Strong C/C++ development skills, git.
- Deep production level experience with some live streaming media framework/tool FFmpeg/libav/GStreamer/Mediasoup/ossrs/nginx/obs or others.
- Experience with streaming protocols (RTMP, SRT, WebRTC)
- Understanding of video/audio codecs (H.264/H.265, AAC, Opus)
- Debugging skills, optimization and reliability focus
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, linux, Docker, and build systems (Meson, CMake)
Bonus Skills
- Rust experience
- AWS cloud experience (e.g. EC2)
- What We Offer
- Technical autonomy
- Remote work flexibility
- Small engaged team looking to build great software
About the Role
This is a full-time position focused on building and evolving our streaming infrastructure. You'll work on developing cost-effective, reliable and low-latency video streaming applications using established media frameworks and open-source tools.
Competitive salary, remote working, fun environment, fast paced.