Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Architect

Oowlish; Medellín; Remote; COP 388,387,000 - 517,850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office

Competitive compensation

Career growth plans

International projects

Oowlish English Program

Games and competitions

Job summary

Oowlish, a Latin America's leading software development company, seeks an experienced Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Architect to design and implement a highly scalable video streaming platform. You will work on video processing, streaming, real-time networking, and globally distributed AWS infrastructure.

The role is hands-on and collaborative, with opportunities to shape technical architecture and guide other engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong architecture experience designing scalable and distributed systems.
• Professional experience building video streaming, media processing, or real-time communication systems.
• Strong understanding of real-time networking and media delivery.
• Strong AWS architecture and infrastructure experience.
• Experience designing or supporting globally distributed and multi-region systems.
• Ability to work hands-on alongside engineering teams rather than operating exclusively at a high-level architecture layer.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable architectures for video processing, streaming, and real-time media delivery.
• Define technical solutions involving video processing technologies such as GStreamer or FFmpeg.
• Design real-time networking architectures using WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, SFU, and UDP.
• Architect globally distributed AWS infrastructure supporting scalable media workloads.
• Design highly available and scalable cloud deployments across multiple AWS regions.
• Define infrastructure strategies involving EKS, load balancing, autoscaling, caching, CDN, and serverless services.
• Make architectural decisions around performance, scalability, reliability, and global traffic distribution.
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers and other Architects on implementation and technical decisions.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance during development and implementation.

Skills

Video streaming

Real-time media

Distributed systems

AWS

Communication

Tools

GStreamer

FFmpeg

HLS/DASH

WebRTC

Job description

Join Our Team

Oowlish, one of Latin America's rapidly expanding software development companies, is seeking experienced technology professionals to enhance our diverse and vibrant team.

As a valued member of Oowlish, you will collaborate with premier clients from the United States and Europe, contributing to pioneering digital solutions. Our commitment to creating a nurturing work environment is recognized by our certification as a Great Place to Work, where you will have opportunities for professional development, growth, and a chance to make a significant international impact.

We offer the convenience of remote work, allowing you to craft a work-life balance that suits your personal and professional needs. We're looking for candidates who are passionate about technology, proficient in English, and excited to engage in remote collaboration for a worldwide presence.

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Video Streaming & Real-Time Media Architect to help design and implement a highly scalable video streaming platform.

This is a hands-on architecture role requiring strong experience across video processing and streaming, real-time networking, and globally distributed AWS infrastructure.

You will help define technical architecture while working closely with other senior engineers to build and scale the platform. The team will collectively cover the required technical areas, so deep expertise in specific areas can complement the experience of other team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable architectures for video processing, streaming, and real-time media delivery
• Define technical solutions involving video processing technologies such as GStreamer or FFmpeg
• Design real-time networking architectures using technologies and protocols such as WebRTC, RTP, STUN, TURN, SFU, and UDP
• Architect globally distributed AWS infrastructure supporting scalable media workloads
• Design highly available and scalable cloud deployments across multiple AWS regions
• Define infrastructure strategies involving EKS, load balancing, autoscaling, caching, CDN, and serverless services
• Make architectural decisions around performance, scalability, reliability, and global traffic distribution
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers and other Architects on implementation and technical decisions
• Provide hands-on technical guidance during development and implementation

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong architecture experience designing scalable and distributed systems
• Professional experience building video streaming, media processing, or real-time communication systems
• Strong understanding of real-time networking and media delivery
• Strong AWS architecture and infrastructure experience
• Experience designing or supporting globally distributed and multi-region systems
• Ability to work hands-on alongside engineering teams rather than operating exclusively at a high-level architecture layer
• Strong customer-facing communication skills
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills

Must Have

• Strong experience with video processing and streaming technologies, including: GStreamer or FFmpeg, H.264/H.265, HLS/DASH, fMP4/TS
• Strong experience with real-time networking and media communication, including: RTP, WebRTC, STUN, TURN, SFU, UDP
• Strong experience with AWS infrastructure and globally distributed deployments, including technologies such as S3, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, Autoscaling, Network Load Balancer (NLB), Global Accelerator, Valkey/Redis, and Multi-region deployments
• Experience building and supporting scalable production systems
• Experience working with video streaming or real-time media systems in production environments
• Advanced written and verbal English communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with iOS video and real-time media development, including: Swift, WebRTC, AVFoundation, and VideoToolbox
• Experience with Android video and real-time media development, including: Kotlin, WebRTC, and MediaCodec
• Experience with C/C++ development

Benefits & Perks

• Home office;
• Competitive compensation based on experience;
• Career plans to allow for extensive growth in the company;
• International Projects;
• Oowlish English Program (Technical and Conversational);
• Games and Competitions;

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.