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Senior Backend Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA | Brooklyn, NY | Cambridge, MA

โœจ $170k-$220k / yearest.

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๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll design and build the next generation of Philo's video streaming pipeline, which delivers video at exabyte scale. Your work will directly impact every frame of video that reaches users, optimizing quality and reliability. You'll collaborate across teams to improve the TV viewing experience and drive video encoding innovations.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Design, implement, and deploy video streaming pipeline using in-house and open source software
  • Collaborate with content partners to engineer systems for the best TV watching experience
  • Build scalable data pipelines for ingesting video and analytics events
  • Drive improvements to reliability, performance, latency, and security of the streaming platform

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • Experience with Golang, Java, C++ or similar languages
  • Deep experience with concurrent programming and high-throughput RESTful web services
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in cloud computing environments

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with cloud video transcoding services such as AWS Elemental or Azure Media Services
  • Knowledge of FFmpeg
  • Experience with video quality assessment tools like VMAF or SSIM

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Unlimited PTO
  • ๐Ÿฅ Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive salary and equity
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ 401(k) match
  • ๐Ÿก Remote-friendly culture

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter callยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical phone screenยท 60 min
  3. 3On-site interviewsยท 4-5 hours
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