Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Whip Networks, Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Maternity/paternity leave

Remote office stipend

Flexible PTO

Access to FSA plans

Monthly mobile reimbursement

Job summary

Whip Media is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer in Santa Monica, CA. You’ll design, build, and maintain mission-critical web software for major film studios and networks, using Go for new services and Java/Spring for existing production systems.

Front-end work will accompany APIs with complex, data-dense interfaces. We are embedding AI into development workflows, including agent-assisted coding and LLM integrations, while mentoring peers and delivering scalable solutions in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of software design and development experience in Java.
• Experience with Spring and core Spring components (Boot, Security, Data, REST).
• Front-end experience with Vue/React or similar, with state management and async data loading.
• Experience with SQL data modeling (PostgreSQL) and query tuning at scale.
• Experience with AWS services (S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS).
• Experience with Python; event-driven architecture and messaging (Kafka, Kinesis, SNS/SQS).
• Hands-on AI tooling experience (agents/LLM APIs) and evaluating fit.

Responsibilities

• Design and write new APIs and data processing code in Java or Python.
• Build front-end features accompanying APIs for data-dense interfaces.
• Create data models to handle increasing data volume.
• Devise algorithms for data synchronization across distributed systems.
• Design and implement ETL processes with various data sources.
• Own features end-to-end: requirements, design, implementation, tests, deployment, support.
• Incorporate AI tooling into development workflow and establish best practices.
• Write technical requirements and design documents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on new platforms and internal tools.
• Mentor other engineers through design and delivery.

Skills

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

React/Vue

PostgreSQL

AWS

Python

Kafka

LLM APIs

REST

Go

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Airflow

Kubernetes

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Santa Monica, CA, US

Salary Range: $160,000.00 To $185,000.00 Annually

Whip Media is transforming how the world's largest media and entertainment companies manage, distribute, and monetize content across the global streaming supply chain. Our flagship product, Helix, is an AI-native system designed to radically optimize content operations — enabling data-driven decisions that maximize revenue, streamline distribution, and scale profitable strategies. Trusted by top studios, networks, and streaming platforms, we sit at the intersection of media and technology, redefining the business of content.

Helix is our next-generation platform, built with long-term scale, efficiency, and operational excellence in mind, with Go as its primary codebase. Alongside it, we continue to run and evolve the established Java and Spring services that serve customers today, built on PostgreSQL, Python, and Amazon Web Services throughout. Our platform helps leading media and entertainment companies operate more efficiently, with greater visibility and control over digital distribution.

The Role:

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you'll work on a small development team designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical web-based software for major film studios, TV broadcasters, and cable operators in a high-energy environment. You'll work across both worlds: building new services in Go on Helix, and supporting and migrating what's already in production in Java and Spring. You'll also build the front-end features that go with your APIs — data-dense interfaces where the challenge is making large, complex result sets fast and understandable.

We're also actively building AI into how we work and what we ship — agent-assisted development and LLM-powered features on top of our platform data. We're looking for someone who already works this way and can help set the bar for the rest of the team.

What You'll Do:

• Design and write new APIs and data processing code in Java or Python
• Build the front-end features that go with them — data-dense interfaces where the challenge is making large, complex result sets fast and understandable
• Create new data models to handle our ever-increasing data volume
• Devise algorithms to handle data synchronization across distributed systems
• Design and implement ETL processes that integrate with a variety of customer and third‑party data sources
• Own features end to end: requirements, design, implementation, tests, deployment, and support
• Use AI tooling as a core part of your development workflow, and help establish what good practice looks like as agents write a meaningful share of the code
• Write technical requirements and design documents
• Work closely with a cross‑functional team on the development of our new platforms and internal tools
• Mentor other engineers through design and delivery

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience with software design and development in Java
• Experience with Spring and core Spring components, especially Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data, and Spring Data REST
• Front‑end experience with a modern component framework (Vue, React, or similar), including state management and async data loading
• Experience with data modeling in SQL, ideally PostgreSQL, and query tuning at scale
• Experience with AWS APIs and services (S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS)
• Experience with a scripting language, ideally Python
• Experience with event‑driven architecture and messaging (Kafka, Kinesis, SNS/SQS)
• Hands‑on experience developing with AI tooling — coding agents or assistants, and/or building features against LLM APIs — with a clear point of view on where it helps and where it doesn't
• Experience with web services (REST)
• Comfort working in a fast‑moving environment
• Experience mentoring other engineers

Nice to Have:

• Production experience with Golang
• Experience with workflow orchestration, particularly Temporal — durable long‑running workflows, activities, retries, idempotency, versioning, and testing. Airflow, Step Functions, or Cadence experience is relevant here as well
• Experience building AI‑powered product features: retrieval/RAG, agents and tool use, evals, and managing cost and latency in production
• Familiarity with MCP servers or other agent‑tooling integrations
• Experience with non‑relational data technologies
• Experience with data warehousing, ideally Amazon Redshift
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipeline ownership
• Domain experience in media, entertainment, content licensing, or rights and royalty systems

What We Have To Offer:

• Competitive Maternity/paternity leave
• Remote office stipend
• Flexible PTO
• Access to FSA plans
• Monthly mobile reimbursement

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $160,000 - $185,000. Additionally, you will be eligible to participate in our robust medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other benefit plans. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job, job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education/certifications or training.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

At Whip Media, we are all Whipsters! We strive to create an inclusive, diverse environment where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We value unique perspectives, ideas, authenticity, and welcome, as well as support, points of view which drive your own growth alongside that of the company. Whip Media has made a commitment to continue to grow our diverse workplace and partners with organizations that provide us with a range of candidates from diverse backgrounds. We foster a people‑centric environment that promotes and evaluates belonging and inclusion and actively strives to bridge any gaps that exist between employee groups.

Please note: We are not accepting submissions from third‑party recruiters or staffing agencies for this position.