Senior Backend Software Engineer – Video Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, implement, and oversee Philo’s next-generation video streaming infrastructure.

• Partner with content collaborators to create systems that provide the optimal TV viewing experience.

• Construct scalable and resilient data pipelines for ingesting video and analytics events utilizing distributed computing and microservices architecture.

• Work alongside video delivery, ad operations, and data science teams to assess and enhance video delivery and viewer experience.

• Enhance the reliability, performance, latency, and security of the video streaming platform.

• Assess, select, and develop video encoding technologies to improve video quality and minimize CDN delivery costs.

• Support client engineering teams in testing and refining streaming quality of experience (QoE) for new Philo app platforms.

• Develop and sustain highly available RESTful web services capable of scaling for concurrent video streams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in software development.

• Demonstrated success in creating highly efficient and available software using Golang, Java, C++, or similar programming languages.

• Extensive knowledge of concurrent programming.

• Experience in developing concurrent, highly available, high-throughput RESTful web services.

• Proficient in operating within cloud computing environments and using modern software deployment tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Capability to take ownership of and drive complex architectural and development tasks to completion using Scrum/Agile methodologies.

• Experience handling large datasets and prioritizing data-driven projects.

• Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases, along with modern data warehousing and querying techniques.

• Proven experience collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders across business and technical domains.

• Knowledge of cloud video transcoding services such as AWS Elemental and Azure Media Services.

• Familiarity or aptitude in audio and video codecs like AAC, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and AV1.

• Experience utilizing video quality assessment tools such as VMAF and SSIM.

• Understanding of video streaming protocols including MPEG-DASH, HLS, MPEG TS, fMP4, CMAF, Zixi, and SRT.

• Familiarity with OTT video packaging and digital rights management (DRM).

• Knowledge of Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI).

• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

• Willingness to discuss employment-based visa sponsorship inquiries.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company stock options.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.

• 401(k) plan with employer contributions.

• Flexible work hours.

• Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave.

• Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave.

• $2,000 annual vacation bonus.

• $5,250 annually for professional development and educational support.

• $1,250 annual home office and TV stipend during the first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter).

• $500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least three days per week in our offices.

• Generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco).

• Complimentary Gympass subscription.

• Dog-friendly workplace.

• Support for accommodations during the hiring process.

• Commitment to an equal opportunity and inclusive work environment.