Live Streaming Engineer

Summary

Join Toolbox, a leading technology company in the online TV industry, as a Live Streaming Engineer. This highly technical role requires deep expertise in streaming protocols, encoding workflows, and cloud-based deployments. You will design, deploy, and maintain live streaming architectures, troubleshoot performance, develop automation, and collaborate with software and DevOps teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about real-time media, open-source solutions, and high-performance video delivery. You will leverage cutting-edge tools and optimize video encoding, packaging, and delivery pipelines. The position involves working with technologies such as FFmpeg, Shaka Packager, and NGINX.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of streaming protocols such as RTMP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, RTMP, and SRT
• Experience with live streaming development and real-time media workflows, including encoding, buffering strategies, and low-latency delivery
• Proficiency with media servers and frameworks such as FFmpeg, GPAC, Wowza, Janus, or similar platforms
• Proficiency in MERN stack development: MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js
• Solid experience building and consuming RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Experience in SQL database design and performance tuning, particularly with MongoDB
• Deep knowledge of Transport Stream (TS) analysis, using tools like FFprobe, StreamXpert, TSReader, or Wireshark
• Hands-on experience with network troubleshooting, packet inspection, and debugging HLS manifests/CDN behavior
• Comfortable with real-time monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, ELK stack)
• Skilled in scripting and automation with Bash or Python for log parsing, diagnostics, and incident response
• Experience working with DevOps practices and tools: Git, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Advanced English

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable web applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js)
• Design and implement live streaming functionalities, ensuring low latency and high availability
• Integrate and optimize streaming protocols such as RTMP, HLS, MPEG-DASH, and WebSocket for real-time experiences
• Ensure code quality through automated testing, code reviews, and best development practices
• Implement secure and scalable architectures for real-time streaming in production environments