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Kake · 3 weeks ago

Senior Go Engineer (Video Player) - Talent Pool

positionUnited States
timeContract
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Kake is a remote-first company dedicated to building a global community and providing top-tier engineering teams. They are looking for a Senior Go Engineer to develop and maintain high-performance backend systems for video streaming, focusing on scalability and reliability.

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Go (Golang)Video streaming protocolsHigh-performance backend systemsCloud infrastructureRESTfulGraphQL APIsConcurrencyMultithreadingDebugging distributed systemsCI/CD pipelinesProblem-solving skills

Required

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

Preferred

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

Benefits

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.

Company

Kake

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Life is Better with Kake! Kake offers premier teams of software engineers to support some of the world's most prominent and innovative brands.
location
Austin, TX, US
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://kake.co

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Jake Foley
CEO & Founder
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Luke Foley
COO
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