Senior Backend Engineer - Streaming & Scalable Data

Philo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) With Employer Contributions

Flexible Working Hours

Paid Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Annual Vacation Bonus

Professional Development and Education

Home Office and TV Stipend

Office Attendance Bonus

Commuter Benefits

Gympass Subscription

Dog-Friendly Office

Company Stock Options

Job summary

Philo in New York is seeking a senior software engineer to design, deploy, and monitor a scalable video streaming pipeline and data services. You will work with content partners and internal teams to boost reliability, latency, security, and video quality across client platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of software development experience with Go, Java, or C++, and expertise in concurrent programming, REST services, and cloud/container deployments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go, Java, or C++.
• Experience with concurrent programming and high-throughput REST services.
• Cloud and container deployment experience.
• Data and database expertise.
• Video transcoding familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and monitor Philo’s video streaming pipeline and scalable data services.
• Collaborate with content partners and internal video, advertising, and data teams to improve reliability and performance.
• Improve latency, security, video quality, and delivery costs; test streaming quality on new client platforms.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Golang

Java

C++

Concurrent Programming

RESTful APIs

Cloud Computing

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Video Transcoding

Video Streaming

Data Pipelines

Relational DB

NoSQL DB

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Philo in New York is seeking a senior software engineer to design, deploy, and monitor a scalable video streaming pipeline and data services. You will work with content partners and internal teams to boost reliability, latency, security, and video quality across client platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of software development experience with Go, Java, or C++, and expertise in concurrent programming, REST services, and cloud/container deployments.