Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer

Philo is a reinvented television streaming service building the future of television. They are headquartered in San Francisco, but have offices in Brooklyn, NY and Cambridge, MA as well. Philo's CEO, Andrew McCollum, is actually a co-founder of Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg - basically, Philo is working to reinvent the television experience for the modern age, and create an amazing experience for their users to watch the shows they love.

Today, Philo offers a package of top-rated television channels for just $25 a month. You can watch live, save unlimited shows to watch later, or browse their huge library of content available on-demand. Their services can be streamed across all devices and the web.

Great work environment and culture, great benefits, and LOTS of backing from huge organizations like Discovery, Viacom, AMC, A&E, and HBO.

Location: Brooklyn, NY, Cambridge, MA, and SF - Right now fully remote, but need people willing to come in for a Hybrid work method at some point soon

Salary: 5-8 years of experience up to 175K, 8-10 years of experience up to 200K + huge equity (20-30K) (Sell the equity for anyone who is taking a pay cut - the equity will be worth a ton)

Bonus: Equity

401K Match: n/a

Can transfer sponsorship if candidate has H1V and eventually get them a Green Card if they are there a few years to keep them there. Just cannot directly start a new sponsorship themselves.

Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family

Flexible working hours

Generous paid parental leave

Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave

$2000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)

$5000 annually for professional development and educational assistance

$500 "TV stipend" for new employees to upgrade their home watching setup

Dog-friendly office

Position Summary: You will be designing and implementing the next generation of Philo's system to handle more channels, users, and recordings. You will also be focused on developing their video pipeline building a highly available transcoding, segmentation, and video hosing and storage system. Additionally, automating system configuration, and finding cheaper, better, and faster solutions both in the cloud and hardware based-systems will be key components to the role as well.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience with Back-End or Full-Stack Development in a cloud environment (bonus points for AWS)
• Proficient in Ruby, GO, and/or Node
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience working with huge databases

Interview Process:

• First Round: 30 mins w/ Max (Talent Acquisition Manager) 45 mins with an Engineer
• Choice between live coding session and take home exercise for second round
• Third Round: 20 min demo then 4 1-hour interviews in one day
• Final: 1-hour discussion with CTO