Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Tubi; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,400 - 266,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Tubi is seeking a backend developer with expertise in Elixir to join their Core Experience team in San Francisco. This hybrid role requires designing and implementing high-performance backend services, optimizing systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend programming, familiarity with Kubernetes, and a passion for leveraging AI tools to enhance software development. Tubi offers a competitive salary range of $186,400—$266,300 along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience in Elixir or a strong background in other backend programming languages.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and observability solutions.
• System design skills focused on reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance backend services.
• Collaborate with teams to solve complex problems.
• Explore AI-based development tools.

Skills

Elixir or strong backend language experience

Kubernetes

gRPC/Protocol Buffers

RESTful API design

System design and architecture

Continuous delivery

Tools

Pingora or Nginx

AI-augmented coding tools

Job description

About the Role

Tubi's Core Experience Backend team builds high‑performance, secure, and scalable systems that power our business. We have developed disaster‑resilient services to keep Tubi APIs running under extreme traffic, and our team has delivered seamless operations for massive events such as the Super Bowl and World Cup.

This is a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco office. Candidates must be willing to travel to the SF office two days per week.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement high‑performance backend services in Elixir.
• Architect and evolve microservices and distributed systems in Kubernetes.
• Optimize systems for scale, resilience, observability, and security.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Explore and integrate AI‑based development tools into daily workflows.
• Work across service boundaries, own critical architecture/service design, and help evolve Tubi's backend system.

Your Background

• Experience in Elixir or a strong background in other backend or functional programming languages.
• Familiarity with gRPC/Protocol Buffers, RESTful API design, Kubernetes, and observability solutions.
• Experience designing distributed systems with clean APIs and modular components.
• System design and architecture skills with emphasis on reliability and performance.
• Experience with continuous delivery of software systems.

Bonus / Preferred

• Rust programming experience.
• Extensive experience with Elixir in production environments.
• Familiarity with Pingora or Nginx.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes.

The AI Mandate: AI‑Driven Development Practice

• Use AI‑augmented coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to accelerate development while maintaining rigorous standards for correctness, security, and performance.
• Explore AI for system design, performance tuning, and anomaly detection across Tubi’s distributed backend, prototyping AI‑powered optimizations that improve throughput, reduce latency, and detect inefficiencies.
• Contribute to internal tools and platforms that use AI to improve the daily developer workflow, including automated code reviews, test generation, and smarter observability dashboards, driving an AI‑native backend development culture.

Benefits and Pay

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role is $186,400—$266,300 USD, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location. The role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, long‑term incentive plan, and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and additional benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.

About Tubi

Tubi is a free streaming service that entertains over 100 million monthly active users, offering the world’s largest collection of Hollywood movies and TV shows, thousands of creator‑led stories, and hundreds of Tubi Originals. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2014, Tubi is part of Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.