Lead / Senior LiveKit & WebRTC Engineer

Work Schedule: Candidates must be available to work Sunday through Thursday, in line with the standard Saudi work week.

Our company description

Mission is a platform for hiring, vetting, and managing software development talent. It enables our clients to connect with the world’s best talent to build mission-critical software products

About the client

A prominent data solutions provider specializing in transforming information into actionable insights to support large-scale digital transformation. The organization offers specialized services in data analytics, business intelligence, and technical consulting. Serving both the public and private sectors, the company focuses on building high-performance digital infrastructure and scalable products that facilitate data-driven decision-making across various industries.

About the Role

In this role, you will design and implement secure, low-latency video streaming and real-time communication solutions. You will own the technical architecture and scaling strategy for mission-critical digital products, ensuring high performance in production environments. Whether as a lead or senior engineer, you will have significant ownership over the end-to-end stack—from backend services and media infrastructure to real-time user interfaces—directly impacting how the organization delivers reliable communication services at scale.

What You'll Do

• Architect and implement scalable real-time communication solutions using LiveKit and WebRCT
• Build robust backend services and session orchestration logic using Java Spring Boot
• Develop high-performance real-time user interfaces and integrated experiences with Angular
• Optimize systems for concurrency, bandwidth efficiency, and resiliency to minimize latency and packet loss
• Design and manage complex data models and persistence strategies within PostgreSQL
• Establish engineering standards, code quality benchmarks, and deployment best practices for media infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot production-level streaming bottlenecks, including signaling, media routing, and connection instability

What You Bring

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in a production environment
• Deep technical expertise in LiveKit and WebRTC
• Proven experience scaling real-time video or streaming applications
• Strong proficiency in Java Spring Boot for backend development
• Professional experience building frontends with Angular
• Expertise in PostgreSQL and relational database design
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and API design

Nice to Have

• Experience with TURN/STUN infrastructure and NAT traversal optimization
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with media processing workflows, recording pipelines, or transcription integrations.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for real-time systems.
• Background working in regulated or high-security enterprise environments.