Mid Video Engineer Node.js

Responsibilities

• Use Node.js to process and manage data streams in a microservices-based environment
• Build and support workflows for fetching, handling, and analyzing video segments
• Implement and troubleshoot video workflows involving HLS, adaptive streaming, FFmpeg, and codecs
• Develop and maintain APIs for video delivery, metadata handling, and backend integrations
• Work with event-driven architectures for real-time or near-real-time video processing
• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, and operations teams to improve:
• Streaming quality
• Performance
• Reliability
• Identify technical issues, propose improvements, and support scalable backend solutions
• Contribute to system optimization across network, storage, and processing layers

Requirements

• Strong experience with Node.js in backend, microservices, or data-streaming environments
• Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend services
• Experience working with microservices architectures
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Working knowledge of HLS and adaptive streaming
• Understanding of video formats, segmented video, and media delivery workflows
• Hands-on experience with FFmpeg, media codecs, and video processing concepts
• Experience working with data streams and event-driven architectures
• Ability to work in distributed systems and scalable environments

Nice-to-Have Requirements (Extras)

• Experience with TypeScript, Python, or other backend languages
• Familiarity with video tools such as GStreamer, OpenCV, or VLC
• Knowledge of streaming protocols such as RTMP or WebRTC
• Experience with: Cloud storage (e.g., Amazon S3), CDNs (Content Delivery Networks), Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience optimizing: Network performance, Disk 1/0, Processing performance for large media files

Benefits

• Micronal compensation
• Year-end bonus
• IMSS, AFORE, INFONAVIT
• Major medical expenses insurance
• Life insurance
• Funeral expenses coverage
• TDU membership
• MediAccess health check-up subsidy
• Preferential rates for car insurance
• Vacations
• Official Mexican holidays
• Life Happens days
• Bereavement leave
• Civil marriage leave
• English classes
• Certifications educational agreements (Talisis, U-ERRE, UNID, TecMilenio, Tec de Monterrey, UDEM, SPIS)
• Corporate agreements & discounts (Sorteos Tec, Envia Flores, TopGolf)

Schedule

Availability to support APAC time zones, with an expected working schedule between 6:00 PM - 5:00 AM (CDMX time).