Senior Go Engineer (Video Player) - Remote

About the Role

We’re looking for Senior Go Engineers with video background experience. This role is for engineers with strong experience, skilled in building high-performance, scalable backend systems, and following best practices for architecture, performance, and maintainability.

You’ll work on building and maintaining robust video infrastructure, including streaming pipelines, processing services, and backend APIs that deliver content reliably to millions of users. If you enjoy solving complex backend challenges in video systems, such as HLS/DASH packaging, transcoding pipelines, CDN integrations, and performance optimization, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Go backend services for video streaming and processing.
• Build scalable pipelines for video ingestion, transcoding, packaging (HLS/DASH), and delivery.
• Troubleshoot and optimize backend performance, latency, and reliability for large-scale video systems.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and DevOps teams to enhance video platform quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Integrate and manage third-party services and SDKs for analytics, DRM, or monitoring.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, performance monitoring, and deployment processes.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging backend and video streaming technologies.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend development using Go (Golang).
• Strong experience building and maintaining high-performance, scalable backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with video streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, MPEG-TS) and adaptive bitrate streaming.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimization in Go.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs, message queues, and data pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems.
• Proven ability to deliver maintainable, high-quality code in production environments.

Nice To Have

• Experience with video QoE analytics platforms (e.g., Mux, Conviva, Youbora).
• Background in OTT, streaming media platforms, or large-scale video infrastructure.

Why Join Kake?

Kake is a remote-first company with a global community — fully believing that it’s not where your table is, but what you bring to the table that matters. We provide top-tier engineering teams to support some of the world’s most innovative companies, and we’ve built a culture where great people stay, grow, and thrive. We’re proud to be more than just a stop along the way in your career — we’re the destination.

The icing on the Kake:

🏡 Fully Remote – Simply put, we trust you.

🌱 Better Me Fund – We invest in your personal growth and passions.

❤️ Compassion is Badass – Join a community that invests in social good.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.