Engineering Manager, Backend - Scalable APIs & Kubernetes

Tubi; United States; Hybrid; USD 275,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time off Policy

Parental Leave Program (12 weeks)

Monthly wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Tubi in San Francisco seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a team of backend engineers, shaping architecture for high-performance, distributed services powering homepage, search, and content detail experiences.

You will drive best practices, on-call ownership, and production reliability while mentoring engineers, conducting performance reviews, and guiding hires. Hybrid work model aligns with company policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering roles.
• Experience designing and operating high-availability distributed systems.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and gRPC-based services.
• Production Kubernetes experience and strong observability skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor backend engineers, conduct performance reviews and hiring.
• Establish engineering best practices for development, code review, and on-call ownership.
• Drive API design and evolution for high-traffic services (homepage, search, content).
• Oversee scalable microservices and data-oriented backend platforms.
• Collaborate with Product, Legal, ML, and Client Platform teams to align architecture with business needs.
• Promote secure, observable, and resilient systems, with disaster recovery planning.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Kubernetes

Elixir

Rust

API gateway design

gRPC/REST

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

gRPC

REST APIs

API Gateway

Job description

Tubi in San Francisco seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a team of backend engineers, shaping architecture for high-performance, distributed services powering homepage, search, and content detail experiences.

You will drive best practices, on-call ownership, and production reliability while mentoring engineers, conducting performance reviews, and guiding hires. Hybrid work model aligns with company policy.