Senior Engineer, Live Streaming Video Specialist

FloSports Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote, United States

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We are seeking a Senior Engineer, Live Streaming Video Specialist to play a key role in designing, building, and operating the live streaming platform at FloSports, delivering tens of thousands of live events every year to fans around the world.
• You will own the backend services and APIs behind the live video pipeline end-to-end using Node.js/NestJS and/or Go, and you'll be accountable for keeping the full live signal chain reliable under real-world broadcast conditions, including redundancy and graceful failover.
• As a senior member of the team, you will also participate in an on-call rotation to help ensure the reliability of our live streaming platform.
• Operate, automate, and continuously improve the live broadcast video pipeline (contribution, transcoding, packaging, and delivery) for tens of thousands of events per year, with a focus on performance, scalability, and broadcast-grade reliability.
• Monitor and safeguard stream health and viewer quality of experience (QoE) at scale, building the tooling and alerting needed to catch issues before they reach audiences.
• Design and implement data models and queries for SQL databases.
• Build and maintain backend microservices using Node.js/NestJS and/or Go.
• Write and execute unit and integration tests using tools like Jest, and Vitest to ensure high code quality.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, and other stakeholders to define and deliver new features.
• Diagnose and resolve live broadcast and streaming pipeline issues in real time, including during live events, and drive lasting improvements to redundancy and failover.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience operating live broadcast video at scale in production, including multi-event, multi-channel contribution, transcoding, packaging, and delivery.
• Deep understanding of the live broadcast signal chain, including redundancy, failover, and graceful degradation under real-world live conditions.
• Hands-on experience with live streaming transport protocols (SRT, RTMP, Zixi, WebRTC) and how they integrate with media pipelines.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js and/or Go, including a deep understanding of language features and design patterns.
• Experience working with SQL databases.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with NestJS or similar backend frameworks.
• Hands-on experience writing and executing unit tests and integration tests using Jest, and Vitest.

🏖️ Benefits

• Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
• Annual equity awards for all top performers
• Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
• Progressive parental leave policies
• Flexible paid time off
• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
• Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Docker

Senior

Remote

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About FloSports Inc.

FloSports Inc. is an American subscription-based sports streaming company founded in 2006. It produces and distributes live events and original content across more than 25 niche sports, including wrestling, cycling, track and field, gymnastics, cheerleading, and motorsports. The company operates proprietary technology platforms that handle live production, digital distribution, and subscription management. FloSports partners with collegiate athletic conferences, national governing bodies, and individual leagues to broadcast competitions that receive limited coverage from mainstream media. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it monetizes through monthly and annual streaming memberships and advertising partnerships.

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