Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Media Capture)
Read AI, Inc.3 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build low-latency live media pipelines for raw streaming data.
- Maintain and improve meeting agents that join and capture Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls.
- Debug real-time connections with third-party meeting providers and build monitoring and alerting.
- Tune FFmpeg and GStreamer processing pipelines for cost efficiency, quality, and latency.
- Improve the storage and downstream handoff of raw audio and video.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver data-driven features and communicate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven experience building software solutions that perform at scale.
- Technical breadth across backend, frontend, DevOps, or data engineering, with willingness to work across domains.
- Adaptability, curiosity, creativity, resilience, self-reliance, and strong communication skills.
- Preferred: experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, including autoscaling and resource optimization for large systems.
- Preferred: proficiency with WebRTC, MoQ, FFmpeg, and GStreamer.
- Preferred: in-depth knowledge of HTML/CSS and browser rendering.
- Preferred: experience in a startup or fast-growing environment.
Benefits
- Base pay of $180,000-$210,000 plus equity and benefits.
- Low-deductible health plans, flexible time away, and family leave programs.
- Collaborative environment with a diverse and talented team.
Tech Stack
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About Read AI, Inc.
Read AI builds an AI copilot that summarizes and organizes meetings, emails, and messages for knowledge workers, integrating with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack, and other workplace tools. The company sells subscriptions for paid team workspaces on top of a freemium product-led offering. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Seattle, it is privately held and raised a Series B in 2024 from investors including Smash Capital, Madrona, and Goodwater Capital.