Senior Backend Software Engineer, Ad Engineering

🔥 2 minutes ago

🏄 California, New York, +1 more states – Remote

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💵 $195k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

Where this job comes from

Posted on Philo's careers page, not through a job board

First seen by Remote Rocketship 2 minutes ago

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Philo

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2010

📱 Media

📡 Telecommunications

💰 $50M Series D on 2020-08

Media • Telecommunications

Philo is a streaming service offering access to a wide array of TV shows and movies. Geared towards viewers in the United States, Philo provides channels for entertainment enthusiasts seeking diverse content options. The service emphasizes user-friendly features and comprehensive support for devices, and it actively engages with its audience through blogs, press releases, and job opportunities, while maintaining a focus on privacy and accessibility.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, deploy, and monitor Philo’s next-generation SSAI service • Collaborate with ad ecosystem partners to engineer ad tech products • Collaborate with video delivery, ad operations, and data science teams to measure and optimize ad delivery and user viewing experience • Build scalable and resilient data pipelines for ad creatives and ad measurement events • Drive improvements to reliability, performance, accuracy, and security of ad services • Implement identity solutions for ad targeting and measurement • Interface with IAB, MRC, and other standards bodies on certifications and compliance • Build tools to proactively monitor and troubleshoot ad delivery issues • Serve as a technical leader and internal subject matter expert on ad technology • Gather requirements, determine optimal services and integrations, and operate services across the programmatic ad ecosystem

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience • Experience building or integrating SSAI using MPEG-DASH or HLS media streaming technologies • Familiarity with VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB and header bidding • Experience building or integrating ad servers, demand-side platforms or supply-side platforms with personalized ad targeting capabilities • Familiarity with programmatic advertising using Publica, Freewheel, Google Ad Exchange or Amazon APS • Proven track record of building highly efficient and highly available software using Golang, Java, C++ or similar programming languages • Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes • Experience with large amounts of data, relational and non-relational databases, modern data warehousing and querying • Experience collaborating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders in business and technical roles • Knowledge of ad ecosystem trends and changes • Must be currently authorized to work lawfully in the U.S. • We are language agnostic; backend code is primarily written in Golang, Ruby, NodeJS, C++ and Python

🏖️ Benefits

• Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family • 401(k) plan with employer contributions • Flexible working hours • Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave • Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave • $2,000 annual vacation bonus • $5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance • $1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter) • $500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices • Generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco) • Free Gympass subscription • Dog-friendly office • Company stock options • Health benefits • Equal opportunity and accessibility accommodations

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