Senior Video Backend Architect: Real-Time Cloud

SimpliSafe; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Free SimpliSafe system

ERGs participation

Job summary

SimpliSafe is seeking a Distinguished Software Engineer for its Video team to design, build, and own cloud-based video systems used by customers to interact with home security cameras worldwide.

You will implement scalable video storage and metadata solutions, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions across Go, C#, TypeScript, and AWS/Kubernetes stacks. The role emphasizes reliability, performance, and customer obsession.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience, owning a production backend system end-to-end.
• 4+ years designing or operating real-time video streaming services (HLS/DASH).

Responsibilities

• Build and improve SimpliSafe's video services for customer interactions with cameras.
• Partner with stakeholders to design simple, reliable, flexible solutions.
• Lead by coding and performing peer reviews to mentor other engineers.
• Provide long-term maintenance, performance optimization, and automation.
• Document systems to ensure future maintainability.
• Serve as on-call responder for team-owned services.

Skills

Video streaming

Backend architecture

Mentoring

Go language

C# language

TypeScript

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

FFmpeg

WebRTC

GStreamer

libav

SQS

SNS

Job description

SimpliSafe is seeking a Distinguished Software Engineer for its Video team to design, build, and own cloud-based video systems used by customers to interact with home security cameras worldwide.

You will implement scalable video storage and metadata solutions, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions across Go, C#, TypeScript, and AWS/Kubernetes stacks. The role emphasizes reliability, performance, and customer obsession.