Software Engineer (real-time communication)

Software Engineer (real-time communication)
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Join a global software product company that transforms emergency response through innovative technology. Our client’s real-time communication platform bridges the gap between citizens and emergency centers worldwide, offering video, precise location tracking, and chat capabilities so responders can gather critical information fast—even in
-
- death situations. This
- changing approach empowers emergency teams to reach people quicker, fully prepared, and equipped to save lives. With support from top tech partners and a reach spanning over 400 million people in eight countries, they’re redefining emergency response on a global scale.

As a Software Engineer on the
- time communication (RTC) team, you’ll build critical backend services powering live video, audio, and data streaming. You’ll design scalable solutions, ensure
- latency performance, and contribute to the company’s high-availability RTC infrastructure that supports
- saving interactions across mobile and web apps.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain real-time audio/video streaming services.
• Optimize system performance for low latency and high availability.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and Dev
  Ops teams.
• Take part in design reviews, testing, and deployment.
• Solve complex distributed systems challenges in production-scale environments.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in backend development, ideally with real-time communication (RTC): Web
  RTC, audio/video streaming, SIP, media servers, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency in any backend programming language
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a
  - paced, agile team.

What they offer

• Global startup company with 200 employees worldwide
• Opportunity to work on a
  - edge,
  - critical communication platform that helps save lives
• Opportunity to have a significant impact on the product as part of an agile R&D team
• Growth opportunities
• Competitive compensation package
• Chance to learn new technologies, with support from the company
• Potential for career growth and advancement within the Lisbon-based R&D hub
• Hybrid work model: only 2 days per week in the Lisbon office
• Exposure to cloud technologies and complex systems development
• Collaborative work environment with direct involvement from the hiring managers

No Sponsorship at the moment. Permanent employment contract.