Software Engineer - Python / C++ / AWS / Media Streaming & Serverless

About the Role

We are seeking a versatile Software Engineer to develop and maintain cloud-based telemetry and media streaming solutions. The role combines C++/Python development, AWS serverless engineering, CI/CD automation, and AV streaming troubleshooting. Responsibilities include supporting existing production systems, improving reliability and performance, resolving incidents, and participating in an on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities

• Software & Cloud Engineering: Develop, maintain, and debug C++ and Python applications; build and support AWS-based services, including serverless solutions using Lambda and DynamoDB; contribute to telemetry systems, integrations, and application maintenance.
• CI/CD & Deployment: Maintain and optimize CircleCI pipelines, build automation, packaging, image-related workflows, and deployments; troubleshoot build and release failures; improve delivery reliability and efficiency.
• Media Streaming & Production Support: Work with GStreamer and AV streaming protocols; diagnose media pipeline, connectivity, transport, and network issues, including packet-level analysis; investigate outages, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
• Troubleshooting & Collaboration: Resolve complex cross-stack issues across application code, cloud infrastructure, build systems, and streaming components; collaborate across teams; document solutions and operational procedures; support knowledge transfer and service continuity.

Required Qualifications

• Strong C++ development skills and practical Python experience.
• Hands-on AWS and cloud application development experience.
• Experience with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and preferably serverless architectures.
• CI/CD and build automation experience, ideally with CircleCI.
• Familiarity with packaging, deployment, and image build workflows.
• Strong debugging, systematic root cause analysis, and independent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to support and maintain production systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on GStreamer experience and knowledge of AV streaming pipelines and protocols.
• Packet-level debugging using Wireshark, tcpdump, or similar tools.
• Experience troubleshooting production incidents involving streaming, networking, or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with telemetry systems and existing production platforms.
• Ability to work across C++, Python, AWS, CI/CD, and media streaming technologies.

What Makes Verbit Unique?
Verbit’s 500+ individuals share a vision of making all video and audio content accessible to everyone. Verbit’s in-house, AI-based solutions take live and recorded audio and video to the next level with the support of 35,000 human professional transcribers. Our captioning, transcription, translation, and audio description services are trusted by more than 2,000 customers globally, including leading universities, corporations, legal agencies, and media entities to make their content accessible, engaging, and interactive!