Staff Backend Engineer, Video Streaming Platform Lead

Knightscope, Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Knightscope, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own the video and streaming backend powering Signals, transitioning from a third-party vendor to internal ownership. This remains the highest-traffic backend in Signals, shaping the platform for years to come.

You will collaborate with UI, ML/CV teams, define SLOs, and drive cost optimization while scaling real-time video pipelines on onsite Sunnyvale infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in backend engineering or staff-level architectural ownership.
• Deep experience with video streaming systems (WebRTC, HLS, RTMP, or similar).
• High-throughput real-time systems operating at scale.
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals.
• Production ownership of media pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the video and streaming backend for Signals end to end.
• Lead vendor knowledge transfer on video pipeline architecture and operations.
• Partner with the Video UI frontend team on end-to-end streaming experience.
• Partner with the ML/CV team on model serving for ICM 2.0.
• Establish SLOs, on-call rotation, and cost optimization for the video pipeline.

Skills

Backend engineering

Video streaming

Distributed systems

Real-time systems

Media pipelines ownership

Job description

Knightscope, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own the video and streaming backend powering Signals, transitioning from a third-party vendor to internal ownership. This remains the highest-traffic backend in Signals, shaping the platform for years to come.

You will collaborate with UI, ML/CV teams, define SLOs, and drive cost optimization while scaling real-time video pipelines on onsite Sunnyvale infrastructure.