Staff/Senior Software Consultant - Golang

About 10Pearls 10Pearls is a global, purpose-driven AI-Native digital engineering partner helping businesses re-imagine, ‎digitalize, and accelerate. As an end-to-end digital technology partner, 10Pearls helps businesses create future-proof, ‎transformative ‎digital products that leverage emerging technologies. ‎10Pearls' clients ‎include Global 2000 enterprises, high growth mid-size ‎businesses, and some of the most exciting ‎start-ups from industries like healthcare, fintech, ‎energy, education, ‎real estate, retail, and hi-tech.

‎Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, 10Pearls has product engineering and ‎software development centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, and South Asia. To learn more, visit https://10pearls.com . Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer with strong expertise in real-time media streaming, low-latency communication, and distributed backend systems using C++ or Golang.

The ideal candidate must have deep hands-on experience with streaming protocols, real-time communication frameworks, and high-performance backend engineering. This role involves designing and building backend microservices that power real-time audio/video communication, streaming pipelines, and low-latency data flows across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services using Go or C++. Build and optimize real-time microservices that support low-latency communication across a distributed architecture. Develop and enhance Web. Socket, REST, and real-time APIs used by client-facing applications. Work extensively with media streaming technologies, including RTP, SRTP, WebRTC, and related protocols.

Implement and optimize WebRTC SFUs (Selective Forwarding Units) for scalable audio/video streaming. Integrate and optimize media workflows using tools and libraries such as FFmpeg and GStreamer. Work with databases such as MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, and design efficient data models for real-time workloads. Ensure backend services meet high standards of security, reliability, and performance using modern DevOps and SRE practices.

Collaborate closely with Frontend, DevOps, and Product teams to deliver end-to-end features. Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following best engineering practices. Diagnose performance bottlenecks and optimize backend systems for scalability and speed.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on backend development experience using Go and/or C++. Strong expertise in real-time media streaming, including one or more of the following: RTP / SRTP WebRTC (MUST-HAVE) WebRTC SFU implementation Deep understanding of video/audio processing, with experience using FFmpeg, GStreamer, or similar frameworks.

Understanding of networking concepts, including TCP, UDP, ICE, STUN/TURN, and Web. Sockets. Strong understanding of concurrency, asynchronous programming, and performance tuning. Experience building and consuming RESTful and Web. Socket APIs. Hands-on experience with message queues such as Kafka, NATS, or RabbitMQ. Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work on low-latency, high-throughput systems. Proficient in C++ or Go for media streaming Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Open. Telemetry) is a plus. A good understanding of containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.

Experience working with real-time communication platforms is an added advantage.