Staff/Senior Software Consultant

About 10Pearls

10Pearls is a global, purpose-drivenAI-Nativedigital engineering partnerhelping businesses re-imagine, digitalize, and accelerate. As an end-to-end digital technology partner, 10Pearls helps businesses create future-proof, transformative digital products that leverage emerging technologies. 10Pearls' clients include Global 2000 enterprises, high growth mid-size businesses, and some of the most exciting start-ups from industries like healthcare, fintech, energy, education, real estate, retail, and hi-tech. Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, 10Pearls hasproductengineering and softwaredevelopmentcenters in North America, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia. To learn more, visit https://10pearls.com.

Role Overview

We areseekinga highly skilledBackend Engineerwith strongexpertiseinreal-time media streaming, low-latency communication, and distributed backend systemsusing C++ or Golang. The ideal candidate must have deep hands-on experience withstreaming protocols, real-time communication frameworks, and high-performance backend engineering. This role involves designing and building backend microservices that power real-time audio/video communication, streaming pipelines, and low-latency data flows across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, andmaintainhigh-performance backend servicesusingGoorC++.

• Build andoptimizereal-time microservicesthat support low-latency communication across a distributed architecture.

• Develop and enhanceWebSocket, REST, and real-time APIsused by client-facing applications.

• Workextensively withmedia streaming technologies, includingRTP, SRTP, WebRTC, and related protocols.

• Implement andoptimizeWebRTC SFUs (Selective Forwarding Units)for scalable audio/video streaming.

• Integrate andoptimizemedia workflows using tools and libraries such asFFmpegandGStreamer.

• Workwith databases such asMySQL, Redis, MongoDB, and design efficient data models for real-time workloads.

• Ensure backend services meethigh standardsofsecurity, reliability, and performanceusing modern DevOps and SRE practices.

• Collaborate closely withFrontend, DevOps, and Product teamsto deliver end-to-end features.

• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following best engineering practices.

• Diagnose performance bottlenecks andoptimizebackend systems for scalability and speed.

Requirements

• 5+ yearsof hands-on backend development experience usingGoand/orC++.

• Strongexpertisein real-time media streaming, including one or more of the following:

• RTP / SRTP

• WebRTC (MUST-HAVE)

• WebRTC SFU implementation

• Deep understanding ofvideo/audio processing, with experience usingFFmpeg,GStreamer, or similar frameworks.

• Understanding ofnetworking concepts, includingTCP, UDP, ICE, STUN/TURN, andWebSockets.

• Strong understanding ofconcurrency, asynchronous programming, and performance tuning.

• Experience building and consumingRESTfulandWebSocketAPIs.

• Hands-on experience withmessage queuessuch as Kafka, NATS, or RabbitMQ.

• Experience working withcloud platforms(AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work on low-latency, high-throughput systems.

• Proficient inC++or Gofor media streaming

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana,OpenTelemetry) is a plus.

• A good understanding of containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.

• Experience working with real-time communication platforms is an added advantage.