Senior Backend Engineer, Video Streaming (Remote US)

Philo, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 195,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with employer matches

Flexible working hours

Parental leave

Unlimited paid time off

Job summary

Philo is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build and optimize our video ingest, transcode and delivery pipeline. You will own critical services affecting every video stream, from live to on-demand, across platforms.

You will work with Golang, Java, or C++ on a Kubernetes-based stack, collaborating with Ads, Client, and Data teams to improve QoE and system reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Proven track record of building highly efficient and highly available software using Golang, Java, C++ or similar programming languages.
• Deep experience with concurrent programming.
• Experience building concurrent HA and high throughput RESTful web services.
• Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive complex architectural/development tasks to completion by following Scrum/Agile methodologies.
• Experience working with large amounts of data and making data-based decisions to prioritize projects, including familiarity with relational and non-relational databases and modern data warehousing and querying.
• Experience and aptitude for collaborating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders in both business and technical roles.
• Familiarity with cloud video transcoding services such as AWS Elemental and Azure Media Services. Knowledge of FFmpeg is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, deploy and monitor the next generation of Philo’s video streaming pipeline, using a combination of in-house technology and open source software.
• Collaborate with content partners to engineer systems that deliver the best possible TV watching experience for Philo’s users.
• Build scalable and resilient data pipelines for ingesting video and analytics events using distributed computing and micro-services architecture principles.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across video delivery, ad operations, and data science teams to ensure we are measuring and optimizing every aspect of our video delivery process and our users’ viewing experience.
• Drive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, latency and security of Philo’s video streaming platform.
• Drive evaluation, selection, and development of video encoding technologies to optimize video quality and reduce CDN delivery costs.
• Assist our client engineering teams in testing and improving video streaming QoE as we develop Philo apps for several new platforms.

Skills

Golang

Java

C++

Concurrent programming

RESTful web services

Cloud computing

Scrum/Agile

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

FFmpeg

Azure Media Services

AWS Elemental

Job description

Philo is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build and optimize our video ingest, transcode and delivery pipeline. You will own critical services affecting every video stream, from live to on-demand, across platforms.

You will work with Golang, Java, or C++ on a Kubernetes-based stack, collaborating with Ads, Client, and Data teams to improve QoE and system reliability.