Head of Engineering | B2C Live-streaming Portfolio Company

Peak XV Partners; New Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology investment firm in New Delhi is seeking a Head of Engineering for a B2C live-streaming portfolio company. The ideal candidate will design and implement video compositing pipelines, optimize real-time streaming workflows, and develop scalable backend services using Node.js, Go, or Python. Strong hands-on experience in server-side video processing and a passion for live streaming are essential. This full-time role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a team in a rapidly growing sector.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with server-side video compositing.
• Deep understanding of real-time video/audio encoding and muxing.
• Experience with live commerce or large-scale broadcast platforms.
• Experience with live commerce, gaming, or large-scale broadcast platforms.
• Prior experience building custom media servers or real-time engines.

Responsibilities

• Design server-side video compositing pipelines.
• Handle real-time video/audio mixing and overlays.
• Optimize stream latency and accuracy.
• Optimize stream startup time, buffering, frame accuracy, and end-to-end latency.
• Develop scalable backend services for live streaming using Node.js, Go, Python, or similar.
• Deploy and manage streaming workloads on AWS / GCP / Azure.
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and autoscaling strategies for live workloads.

Skills

Server-side video compositing

Real-time video/audio encoding

FFmpeg/GStreamer

Docker

Kubernetes

Node.js

Go

Python

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Head of Engineering | B2C Live-streaming Portfolio Company

One of our early-stage B2C portfolio companies building the future of live-streaming is seeing great traction, and is now looking for a Head of Engineering to join and lead the team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement server-side video compositing pipelines for live and interactive streams
• Handle real-time video/audio mixing, overlays, layouts, transitions, and effects on the server
• Build low-latency streaming workflows using RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, DASH, SRT, or similar protocols
• Optimize stream startup time, buffering, frame accuracy, and end-to-end latency
• Develop scalable backend services for live streaming using Node.js, Go, Python, or similar
• Deploy and manage streaming workloads on AWS / GCP / Azure
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and autoscaling strategies for live workloads

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience with server‑side video compositing
• Deep understanding of real‑time video/audio encoding, decoding, and muxing
• Expertise in FFmpeg/GStreamer pipelines (filters, overlays, audio mixing, sync handling)
• Experience with live commerce, gaming, or large-scale broadcast platforms
• Prior experience building custom media servers or real‑time engines
• Someone excited to be part of the 0‑to‑1 journey

Please apply to this role directly on LinkedIn. This is the only way to be considered for this role. Please do not DM any of our stakeholders about this position.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Internet Marketplace Platforms