Stream helps apps build real-time experiences that scale. Our chat, moderation, video, audio, and activity feed APIs and SDKs are powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.…
Stream helps apps build real-time experiences that scale. Our chat, moderation, video, audio, and activity feed APIs and SDKs are powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.…
Core product: APIs and SDKs for chat, activity feeds, video/audio, and moderation
Founded: Founded in Amsterdam; later relocated to Boulder, Colorado
Founders: Thierry Schellenbach and Tommaso Barbugli
Customers / scale: Used by thousands of apps and over one billion end users (platform claim)
Total funding: Approximately $58.15M (seed, Series A, Series B)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Real-time communication and feed infrastructure for applications.
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Funding Track Record
Seed- August 2015
$1.75M
Seed announced August 24, 2015
Series A- August 2020
$15M
Series A announced August 12, 2020
Series B- March 2021
$38M
Series B announced March 4, 2021
Investor Signal
“Participation from investors including Felicis, GGV Capital, and 01 Advisors; individual investor Tom Preston-Werner participated in earlier rounds.”
Founders
What we do
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Lead Engineer
RemoteEurope, Amsterdam, GB
Remote • Europe, Amsterdam, GB
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Who you are
The team needs a strong engineering leader who comes from a software engineering background, can own technical decisions independently, and can make infrastructure move faster without introducing big-org process dependencies
Software engineering background — you built things, not just configured them. Backend or platform coding experience in Go or Python (not scripting-only)
Strong AWS or GCP depth — production ownership, not just certifications. Experience with cloud cost optimization at scale with measurable outcomes
Distributed systems and database architecture — real schema decisions, replication trade-offs, latency budgets. Not just "ran Kubernetes"
Hands-on leadership — you can lead a project and a PR in the same week. Comfortable in a team of 3–5, not dependent on large-org support structures
AI tooling fluency — you use AI tools actively in your engineering workflow. We screen for applied adoption, not familiarity. If you're not convinced AI is useful, this isn't the right fit
Kubernetes experience at meaningful production scale
Cloud migration experience — moving workloads between providers or re-architecting for cost/performance
Open source contributions to infra or platform tooling
Engineering blog or conference talks on cloud, platform, or distributed systems topics
Prior experience at an API-first or infrastructure-enabling scaleup
What the job involves
Benefits
Equipment & Resources: Computers, standing desks, headphones, and other specialized tools are available for you to be successful
Paid Vacation: Generous time off on top of observing several national holidays
Stock Options: You get a piece of ownership in Stream. Stock options are granted to all full-time employees
Health Coverage: We offer comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision plans, plus generous parental leave (US only)
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We're looking for a hands-on Lead Engineer to own Platform and Infrastructure at Stream
You'll work directly with a small, senior team and will be responsible for improving the efficiency, reliability, and cost profile of the systems powering Stream's entire real-time platform
This is not an architecture-at-a-distance role. You will write code most of the time, lead infrastructure decisions across teams, and shape how we operate at scale. You'll report directly to the CTO
Why This Role Exists:
Our platform works — but we're growing fast and there's meaningful work ahead on cost optimization, cloud efficiency, and platform scalability
Your first 6 months will focus on three areas:
Cloud cost optimization — identify waste, drive rightsizing, build tooling and guardrails to prevent cost regressions. We want measurable outcomes, not reports
Platform reliability and scalability — improve observability, define SLOs where they're missing, and harden the systems all of Stream's products depend on
Architecture and infra evolution — evaluate and drive decisions on Kubernetes adoption, database architecture, and cloud provider strategy (including potential migration work)
Beyond that, you'll shape long-term platform direction, define engineering standards, and collaborate with product and SDK engineers to keep the developer platform fast to build on
Core Technologies:
Go
Python
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
CockroachDB
Redis
Terraform
Prometheus / observability stack
Outings and parties: We like to have fun together! Team outings and parties are regular events around here
Team Lunch and Snacks: Stream provides in-office daily team lunches and a stocked kitchen with tasty snacks and craft coffee
401k: Plan for your retirement through the company offered 401k (US only) or the local pension scheme in Amsterdam, to which Stream will make a contribution
Commuter Benefits: Employees receive free Office parking and transportation benefits
Monthly fitness stipend: We value the health and well being of our employees
