Senior AWS + Streaming Platform Developer

Contract Description

• Type:
  Short-term contract
• Level:
  Intermediate to Senior (must be able to contribute day one)
• Location:
  Canada only
  (remote within Canada or (Hybrid in City/Province))
• Start:
  ASAP
• Duration: 3 Months
  possible extension)
• Hours:
  Full Time

Eligibility Requirements

This contract is supported in part by
Canadian federal grants
. Applicants must:

• Be
  currently located in Canada
  , and
• Be
  authorized to work in Canada
  at the time of hire.

We are hiring a short-term contract engineer to strengthen our
real-time streaming and backend platform
work. The role requires hands-on production experience with
real-time streaming using WebRTC or RTSP
, plus strong backend development using
FastAPI
for connection management and general application/platform services across multiple modules.

A major driver for this work is supporting
edge devices
, where bandwidth and reliability constraints make
networking, data usage, and compression efficiency
critical. AWS is the supporting environment used to run and scale the system, primarily via
EC2, ECS, and CloudFront
.

This is a high-impact role for someone who can ramp quickly, troubleshoot deeply, and deliver improvements immediately.

Responsibilities

Real-Time Streaming and Networking

• Implement, operate, and improve streaming workflows using
  WebRTC or RTSP
• Troubleshoot real-world streaming issues: connection setup, NAT traversal, UDP/TCP behavior, firewall rules, routing, DNS, TLS, jitter, packet loss
• Optimize performance for edge devices
  with constrained networks (reduce data usage, improve stability, reduce reconnects/drops)
• Improve
  compression and transport efficiency
  (bitrate behavior, end-to-end throughput, latency tradeoffs, resilience under variable networks)

Backend and Platform (FastAPI)

• Develop and maintain
  FastAPI
  services for:
• Connection/session management
• Control plane endpoints and internal service calls
• General application and platform functionality across multiple modules
• Improve reliability and performance of backend
  functions and service-to-service calls
• Produce clear documentation and collaborate with the team on technical decisions and deliverables

AWS Operations (Supporting Skill)

• Deploy and operate services on
  AWS
  using
  EC2, ECS, and CloudFront
• Improve operational readiness: logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response hygiene

Required Qualifications (Must Have)

• Proven production experience with
  real-time streaming
  using
  WebRTC or RTSP
• Strong networking fundamentals with hands-on debugging experience (latency/jitter/packet loss, NAT, UDP/TCP, firewalling, routing)
• Experience optimizing for bandwidth and data usage
  , especially for
  edge devices
  (compression/bitrate efficiency, transport choices)
• Strong backend/API engineering experience in Python, including
  FastAPI
  development in production
• Practical AWS experience using
  EC2, ECS, and CloudFront
• Strong Linux/terminal
  skills and
  Bash/shell scripting
• Strong Docker
  skills (build, run, debug containers)
• Able to contribute effectively from
  day one
  in a short-term contract environment

Nice to Have

• WebRTC specifics: STUN/TURN/ICE, SDP, RTP/RTCP
• Experience with media servers/SFUs, RTSP gateways/bridges, or similar components
• Experience improving observability (metrics/logs/traces) and production incident processes