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# Senior Software Engineer, Streaming

- **Company:** Orbis Operations
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Catalyst (Software), Data Infrastructure, Multiplexing, Github, Interoperability, Transport Layer, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Data Streaming, WebRTC, Datadog, Data Processing, Reliability of Systems, RTSP, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Real Time Data, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18062746?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18062746%2FSenior-Software-Engineer-Streaming-Virginia-Mclean

## About the Role

* 5-7 years of experience in real-time data streaming with demonstrated ownership of meaningful product surfaces
 * Deep working knowledge of media session negotiation and transport layer mechanics and challenges like jitter, sequencing, multiplexing, and reconnection and backoff handling
 * Hands-on experience with streaming transport, including frame-level audio, video, and data handling and timestamp reconciliation
 * Strong Go engineering skills with a strong grasp of protocol-level behavior
 * Exceptional communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences; you routinely interface with customers, product leaders, and engineering teams to gather requirements, articulate trade-offs, and drive alignment from initial design to delivery
 * Travel up to 25% for customer engagement, architecture reviews, or team collaboration (Middle East)

Desired Qualifications

 * Experience with interoperability across varied data protocols
 * Experience designing gRPC-based plugin architectures for sources, operators, or sinks
 * Experience in mission-critical or national security environments where operational reliability is a foundational requirement
 * Active security clearance (Secret or above); Top Secret preferred

Physical Requirements

 * Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
 * Participation in virtual and in-person meetings
 * Ability to attend planned meetings and/or work in classified spaces for extended periods within the specified work regions
 * TRAVEL: International travel to Middle East and geopolitical hot zones, up to 25% is required per calendar year. Please apply only if you can meet this requirement

## Description

Orbis is seeking a Senior Software Engineer within Catalyst Data Platform that will own the implementation of key features within our data pipelines-ensuring high-performance movement of data from distributed edge environments into our core platform. You'll work across different system components to deliver reliable, end-to-end functionality and contribute to the technical evolution. You will work on critical end-to-end features that orchestrate the flow of real-time data from distributed sources into our platform. At this level, you can seamlessly move across our stack to identify systemic bottlenecks and optimize high-throughput pipelines that maintain stability under extreme scale., * Architect and implement features across the full streaming lifecycle, from ingestion and buffering/jitter handling through to distribution and final packaging/multiplexing workflows

 * Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to refine requirements, identify technical constraints, and deliver solutions that balance product vision with system integrity
 * Evaluate and document critical technical trade-offs for Catalyst production systems, providing clear architectural rationale for high-impact design decisions
 * Design and implement high-performance modules for media ingress, relay, and packetization logic (e.g., handling RTSP, RTP, or WebRTC protocols), including support for KLV-encoded telemetry metadata extraction and synchronization
 * Act as the subject matter expert for a core protocol subsystem, managing complex edge cases and ensuring interoperability between diverse hardware sources and software consumers
 * Establish and uphold quality standards by implementing rigorous testing (e.g., chaos engineering and property-based testing) and monitoring critical streaming metrics (e.g., end-to-end latency, jitter, and throughput) via observability platforms like Datadog or Prometheus
 * Participate in on-call rotations and incident response, conducting post-incident reviews to implement preventative mitigations and improve system reliability
 * Contribute to the evolution of automated deployment pipelines (e.g., using GitHub Actions, Docker containerization, and Kubernetes deployments) to ensure reliable, high-integrity delivery of streaming modules across the platform
 * Formally mentor junior engineers on protocol fundamentals and lead team rituals such as design reviews and planning sessions
 * Travel up to 25% for customer engagement, architecture reviews, or team collaboration (Middle East)


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