Senior Real-Time Media Engineer – Low-Latency WebRTC Stack

Netflix; Montgomery (AL); Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix in Montgomery, USA seeks a senior software engineer to design and deliver RTP-based stacks for real-time, low-latency streaming over the public Web. You will refine heuristics for rate, dormancy, and congestion control, collaborate with server-side teams, and contribute to lab-based and A/B testing methods to evaluate performance.

Ideal candidates have experience with WebRTC-like stacks, Linux, GPU encoding pipelines, and practical network analysis using tcpdump/ Wireshark, Python, and

Qualifications

• Experience planning, executing and delivering WebRTC-like stacks for real-time streaming.
• Knowledge of low-latency, two-way media over IP networks and bufferbloat.
• Experience with network testing and performance measurement (A/B testing, lab tests).

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver RTP-based stacks for real-time streaming.
• Refine heuristics for rate, dormancy, congestion control of media streams.
• Collaborate with server-side and client teams to evolve streaming infrastructure.
• Conduct lab-based tests and A/B experiments to evaluate performance.

Skills

WebRTC stacks

Low latency

Linux environment

GPU encoding

tcpdump/Wireshark

Python

R

A/B testing

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering

Tools

GPU pipelines

Job description

Netflix in Montgomery, USA seeks a senior software engineer to design and deliver RTP-based stacks for real-time, low-latency streaming over the public Web. You will refine heuristics for rate, dormancy, and congestion control, collaborate with server-side teams, and contribute to lab-based and A/B testing methods to evaluate performance.

Ideal candidates have experience with WebRTC-like stacks, Linux, GPU encoding pipelines, and practical network analysis using tcpdump/ Wireshark, Python, and