Senior Systems Engineer (Media & Entertainment) - NY

Madrona Venture Labs; New Jersey; On-site; USD 260,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO stock options

Flexible time-off policy

HSA and PPO health insurance options

Dental and Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Parking subsidy or ORCA card choice

Job summary

Madrona Venture Labs is seeking a Technical Lead to focus on Qumulo's media, entertainment, gaming, and sports accounts. This role involves collaborating with sales and customers from discovery to proof-of-concept, designing architectures for high-demand environments.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in customer-facing technical roles and deep knowledge of editorial, VFX, and rendering tools. The position offers a competitive salary of $260,000 - $270,000 OTE plus equity and various benefits including stock options and health insurance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a customer-facing technical role, mainly in media and entertainment.
• Proven success in leading complex pre-sales engagements.
• Strong grounding in file system performance and metadata for unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship on MEGS opportunities.
• Partner with account teams to shape technical strategies.
• Design architectures for modern production demands.
• Build credibility with technical and creative stakeholders.

Skills

Customer-facing technical role experience

Knowledge of editorial and VFX tools

Unstructured data storage for media

Engaging diverse audiences

Tools

Avid

Premiere

Nuke

Maya

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

About the Position

This is the technical lead focusing on Qumulo's media, entertainment, gaming, and sports accounts. You'll partner with Sales and customers across the full cycle, from discovery through proof-of-concept, designing storage and workflow architectures for some of the most demanding content production environments in the industry. The work is hands-on with the people doing the work: technical directors, post supervisors, pipeline engineers, and IT teams running editorial, VFX, rendering, and live broadcast pipelines. You'll translate their workflow requirements into solutions that hold up at 4K/8K, high frame rates, and multi-site collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship on MEGS opportunities, from discovery and demos through POCs and architecture sign-off
• Partner with account teams to qualify deals and shape technical strategies for performance-intensive workloads like VFX rendering, editorial finishing, and live broadcast
• Design architectures for the demands of modern production: throughput, low-latency access, scale, and multi-site collaboration across post and distribution
• Build credibility with technical directors, post supervisors, pipeline engineers, and IT operations
• Build and maintain the MEGS technical toolkit: reference architectures, workflow demos, solution briefs, and competitive positioning

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a customer-facing technical role (Systems Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Media Solutions Engineer) at a software, storage, or tech company, including 4+ years focused on media and entertainment
• Track record leading complex pre-sales engagements end to end, with results you can point to
• Working knowledge of the tools customers use day to day: editorial (Avid, Premiere), VFX (Nuke, After Effects, Flame), 3D and rendering (Maya, Cinema 4D), color (DaVinci Resolve), or sports broadcast platforms
• Strong grounding in unstructured data storage for media: file system performance, metadata, collaborative access, and high-throughput I/O, including NFS, SMB, and object
• Comfort engaging creative, technical, and executive audiences in the same room

Candidates with additional experience will be highly regarded

• Background in episodic TV, film, advertising, sports broadcast, gaming, or streaming production
• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid media workflows, remote collaboration, and AI-assisted content creation
• Working knowledge of MAM, PAM, or workflow orchestration platforms
• Benchmarking, capacity planning, or workflow optimization for I/O-intensive creative applications

The annual pay range for the role is USD $260,000 - $270,000 OTE plus equity. Individual pay depends on various factors, such as role level, relevant experience and skills. Pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the pay range applicable at the time.

Benefits & Perks

• Pre-IPO stock options
• Flexible time-off policy
• HSA and PPO health insurance options
• Dental and Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Choice of an ORCA card or parking subsidy

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qumulo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law. For more information on Qumulo's Applicant Privacy Policy, please visit: https://qumulo.com/applicant-employee-privacy-notice