Senior Backend Developer - WebRTC

Senior Media Services Engineer Real-time Video at RingCentral Events

Reimagine How The World Connects In Real Time

RingCentral Events is revolutionizing the way organizations host virtual, hybrid, and onsite events delivering high-quality, scalable experiences with real-time media and AI-powered features. Our platform serves global conferences, town halls and more with thousands of concurrent users. We are building a global-scale media infrastructure with milliseconds to spare and this is where you come in.

Join our Bengaluru engineering team to build the backbone of next-gen video communication.

What You ll Do

• Architect and build real-time media streaming services using WebRTC, RTMP, HLS.
  Develop scalable backend services in Node.js and media components in C++.
• Become hands-on with audio/video codecs like H.264, VP8/VP9, AV1, Opus, AAC.
• Deploy and scale services in AWS, GCP, or Azure, using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Optimize media quality, latency, and reliability for global virtual events.
• Work with SFUs, TURN/STUN servers, Kafka, and CDNs at a global scale.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams across DevOps, front-end, and QA.
• Monitor live QoS/QoE metrics and participate in system design and incident response.

What You Bring

• 5+ years building real-time media or video streaming infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Node.js, C++, and multithreaded systems.
• Deep knowledge of WebRTC, RTMP, HLS, and media protocols.
• Experience with cloud-native development (preferably AWS), Docker, Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with media server frameworks (Mediasoup, Janus, GStreamer).
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience building for large-scale live streaming (1000+ viewers).
• Contributions to open-source media platforms and tools.
• Familiarity with AI/ML in media (e.g., noise suppression, auto-captioning).
• Front-end experience with React, TypeScript (bonus for media integrations).
• Deep understanding of QoE/QoS, DRM, and encrypted delivery systems.

Location: Bengaluru, India | Full-Time | Engineering Media Services

Why RingCentral Events

You ll build things that scale globally your code will power the experiences of thousands of users simultaneously.

You ll work on real problems network jitter, packet loss, cold starts, codec optimizations, and all the stuff engineers secretly love.

You ll be part of a global team collaborating with top media engineers in the US, Europe, and Asia.

You ll grow fast whether it s leading projects, diving deeper into AI, or learning the internals of modern media stacks.

Hybrid work from our Bengaluru office + flexible hours.

Full medical insurance for you and your family.

Competitive compensation + performance bonuses

If you ve ever wanted to say I helped power the backbone of modern virtual events, this is your moment.

Apply now and let s reimagine how the world connects