Video Streaming Engineer
Xsolla is a global video game commerce company providing payment processing, merchant-of-record services, monetization, publishing, distribution, fraud prevention, tax management, and direct-to-consumer tools. Its primary clients are video game developers, publishers, payment providers, creators, and players.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Xsolla
Xsolla provides tools and services for launching, promoting, selling, and monetizing video games across mobile, PC, web, and other platforms. Its offerings include global payments, Pay Station, Web Shop, Buy Button, SDKs, APIs, authentication, subscriptions, virtual goods, game keys, game distribution, cloud gaming, anti-fraud, tax compliance, player support, analytics, LiveOps, creator campaigns, loyalty, rewards, and publishing tools. Xsolla serves game developers and publishers worldwide, as well as payment providers and gamers.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will design, develop, and optimize video streaming and compositing pipelines. You will build containerized streaming solutions, develop low-latency video processing modules, integrate CEF for rendering and overlays, and monitor and improve playback quality, latency, and reliability.
Requirements
- Experience with GStreamer and FFmpeg for video processing and streaming.
- Experience integrating Chromium Embedded Framework.
- Proficiency in Docker for containerized deployments.
- Strong programming skills in Rust and C++.
- Understanding of video codecs including H.264, HEVC, VP8, VP9, AV1, and VVC.
- Experience with video containers and transmission protocols including FLV, HLS, RTMP, SRT, MPEG TS, and MP4.
- Knowledge of network protocols and real-time media transmission.
- Experience optimizing video delivery for low latency and high reliability.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize video streaming pipelines using GStreamer, FFmpeg, and CEF.
- Implement and maintain support for video codecs, containers, and transmission protocols.
- Build and deploy streaming solutions using Docker and containerized environments.
- Develop high-performance, low-latency video processing modules in Rust and C++.
- Integrate CEF into the video compositing pipeline for rendering and overlay capabilities.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize streaming quality, latency, and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver video experiences for end users.
- Stay current with video streaming and real-time media delivery technologies.
- Document architecture, processes, and best practices for video streaming systems.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Training and educational opportunities