Senior Backend Engineer (Media services - Real time Video)

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Reimagine How The World Connects In Real Time

RingCentral Events is revolutionizing the way organizations host virtual, hybrid, and onsite eventsdelivering 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

You’ll work on real problems

You’ll be part of a global team

You’ll grow fast

Hybrid work

Full medical insurance

Competitive compensation