Senior Backend Engineer - Discovery & Community

Job Overview As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Discovery & Community team, you will be part of a group responsible for building & maintaining the social and discovery features that connect movie fans across one of the most-watched & highest-rated streaming apps across multiple platforms. You will collaborate with other teams across the organization to deliver new features, work on bug fixes, code reviews, and participate in key decisions that drive the team & product forward. What You'll Do Build robust backend functionality to support new and existing community and discovery experiences across multiple client platforms, using TypeScript and modern backend technologies. Develop and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems for key social architecture components like user activity feed and community interactions. Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Content, and Marketing to shape new community features and evolve existing discovery experiences. Work with client engineers and other backend engineers to help define how features are built, and how existing features are maintained. Lead and participate in code reviews, advocating for best practices, continuous improvement, and clean, well-tested code. Contribute to technical discussions, architecture decisions, and team-wide initiatives, and may mentor other engineers. What You Bring to the Table At least 5 years of experience building performant, distributed backend services at scale. Detail-oriented and focused on delivering seamless, high quality code, efficient data pipelines, and continuous improvement in all things. Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, as well as API frameworks like Express and GraphQL. Demonstrated skill implementing caching strategies—including edge caching, in-memory, and distributed caches—to deliver performant APIs at scale. Experience with databases such as MongoDB (or similar), and optimizing query or data flow for high-throughput applications. Practical familiarity with cloud components and architectures, including messaging queues such as RabbitMQ, and cloud storage such as S3. Familiar with how backend services are deployed and orchestrated, CI/CD, testing strategies, Docker, and Kubernetes. Familiar with using telemetry data to inspect and monitor backend services errors and performance. Nice to have: experience building features on social platforms, including activity feeds, or user-generated content systems. Nice to have: experience with content moderation systems, including automated and human-in-the-loop moderation workflows. Nice to have: genuine passion for film & TV, and enjoy the idea of helping build a social home for movie nerds and fans everywhere. Nice to have: experience working with complex datasets and maintaining data cleanliness, with a special interest in movie & TV metadata. Kind, humble, helpful and enjoy getting stuff done. Intrinsic motivation, able to manage time, and enjoy working with a distributed team across the globe. Believe in asking for help and in helping others when asked, in assuming ownership on issues until fully resolved, and in never simply throwing a problem over a wall. Hungry to have an impact, continuously working to improve product, process, and push the team to be its best. Remote Work Plex hires new team members in countries around the world. No sponsorship of employment visas. All roles are remote, but some may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements; hiring team can discuss after recruitment starts. Meetings typically occur between UTC 16:00 to UTC 19:00. All final interviews will be in-person and onsite. Compensation Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US and Global geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $100,000 per year in our lowest geographic market up to $160,000 per year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, seniority, local currency and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Benefits Monthly Balance Wellness Stipend Productivity Stipend Flexible paid time off Paid parental leave Hardware stipend Flextime, work from anywhere Comprehensive health insurance Stock options 401k (US employees) Plex for the Planet community service opportunities Plex is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr Plex, Inc