Senior Backend Software Engineer – Video Engineering

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

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💵 $195k - $250k / year

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Philo

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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 video streaming pipeline • Collaborate with content partners to engineer systems delivering the best possible TV-watching experience • Build scalable and resilient data pipelines for ingesting video and analytics events using distributed computing and microservices architecture • Collaborate with video delivery, ad operations and data science stakeholders to measure and optimize video delivery and viewing experience • Improve the reliability, performance, latency and security of the video streaming platform • Evaluate, select and develop video encoding technologies to optimize video quality and reduce CDN delivery costs • Assist client engineering teams in testing and improving streaming QoE for new Philo app platforms • Build and maintain highly available RESTful web services that scale for simultaneous video streams

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software development experience • Proven track record building highly efficient and highly available software using Golang, Java, C++ or similar programming languages • Deep experience with concurrent programming • Experience building concurrent, highly available, high-throughput RESTful web services • Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes • Ability to own and drive complex architectural/development tasks to completion using Scrum/Agile methodologies • Experience with large amounts of data and data-based project prioritization • Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases and modern data warehousing and querying • Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in business and technical roles • Familiarity with cloud video transcoding services such as AWS Elemental and Azure Media Services • Experience or aptitude with audio and video codecs such as AAC, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC and AV1 • Experience with video quality assessment tools such as VMAF and SSIM • Experience with video streaming protocols such as MPEG-DASH, HLS, MPEG TS, fMP4, CMAF, Zixi and SRT • Experience with OTT video packaging and DRM • Familiarity with Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) • Must be currently authorized to work lawfully in the U.S. • Willingness to answer employment-based visa sponsorship questions

🏖️ Benefits

• Company stock options • 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 • Accommodation support during the hiring process • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace

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