Bond · 1 day ago
Staff WebRTC/SIP Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
10+ years expBond is a fast-growing startup dedicated to breaking down communication barriers between Deaf and hearing individuals through personalized sign language interpretation. The Staff WebRTC/SIP Engineer will be responsible for building the real-time infrastructure for video communication, ensuring reliability and scalability while collaborating with full-stack engineers to enhance user experiences.
Telecommunications
Responsibilities
Build Infrastructure That Never Fails: Design and implement highly-available, fault-tolerant backend services that power real-time video communication. When a Deaf user needs an interpreter, your systems must connect them instantly and reliably—every single time
Scale Real-Time Communication Systems: Own the backend infrastructure that handles video routing, session management, call state, and integration with third-party platforms. You'll make architectural decisions that enable Bond to grow from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of concurrent calls
Enable Frontend Teams Through Platform Excellence: Build the APIs and services that frontend engineers depend on to deliver great user experiences. You'll design intuitive contracts, provide clear documentation, and ensure your platform is a force multiplier for the team
Deliver Operational Excellence and Observability: Instrument what matters, establish SLOs that reflect user impact, and build systems that surface problems before users notice. You own uptime—incidents, post-mortems, and continuous improvement
Contribute to a Purpose-Driven, User-Centered Culture: Understand how platform decisions impact real users, advocate for reliability in technical discussions, and connect your work to our mission of improving access and communication for the Deaf community
Qualification
Required
Proven Backend Engineering Skills: 10+ years building, deploying, and operating backend services in production. You've been on-call, responded to incidents, and learned from scaling systems over time
Real-Time Media Processing Expertise: Hands-on experience with GStreamer (required), SIP/RTP, and WebRTC. Familiarity with SFU media servers (we use Janus). You understand the challenges of processing audio and video in real-time at scale
Expertise in Highly-Available Systems: Deep understanding of distributed systems, fault tolerance patterns, and reliability engineering. You can articulate real-world tradeoffs between consistency and availability, and design systems that handle partial failures gracefully
Detail-Oriented and Data-Driven: You instrument your systems, use metrics and logs to diagnose issues systematically, and make architectural decisions based on evidence. You distinguish signal from noise when systems are under stress
Startup Adaptability: You thrive in ambiguous environments, build with incomplete requirements, and make sound engineering tradeoffs under uncertainty
Preferred
Connection to the Deaf Community: Strong awareness of Deaf culture and accessibility needs is a major plus; personal or professional experience with the Deaf community is ideal
API/Platform Design: Track record of designing APIs or internal platforms that other engineering teams build on
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Unlimited PTO, in addition to standard holidays
401(k) plan
Company
Bond
Bond is an FCC-certified Video Relay Service (VRS) provider that makes it easy to invite top ASL interpreters to video calls on any platform (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, WebEx, etc.).
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase