Senior Software Engineer, Backend
$186.4k - $266.3kTubi TV
About the Role:Tubi's Core Experience Backend team is responsible for building the high-performance, secure, and scalable systems that power our business. We have built disaster-resilient systems to ensure Tubi APIs continue to perform even under extreme traffic conditions. Our team and services have delivered seamless operations for massive events such as the Super Bowl and World Cup while consistently delivering a great experience to our viewers. On this team, you will participate in major campaigns, contribute to our critical backend services, support multiple platforms, and play a key role in shaping and refining the overall backend architecture.This is a hybrid role based out of our SF office. You must be willing to travel to our SF office two days/week. What You'll Do:We are looking for a software engineer who is proactive, collaborative, and pragmatic with a passion for solving real-world problems. In this role, you will:Design and implement high-performance backend services in ElixirArchitect and evolve microservices and distributed systems in Kubernetes.Optimize systems for scale, resilience, observability, and securityCollaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problemsExplore and integrate AI-based development tools into daily workflowsWork across service boundaries, own critical architecture/service design, and help evolve Tubi's backend system.Your Background:Experience in Elixir or strong background in other backend or functional programming languagesFamiliarity with gRPC/Protocol Buffers, RESTful API design, Kubernetes, and observability solutionsExperience designing distributed systems with clean APIs and modular componentsSystem design and architecture skills with emphasis on reliability and performanceExperience with continuous delivery of software systemsBonus / PreferredRust programming experienceExtensive experience with Elixir in production environmentsFamiliarity with Pingora or NginxHands-on experience with KubernetesThe AI Mandate: AI-Driven Development PracticeThis role goes beyond traditional engineering: you will extensively use AI to build the backend stack. The goal is to unlock smarter execution, faster delivery, and automation at scale, while ensuring responsible use of these technologies. This includes but not limited to:AI-Augmented Backend Development: Using AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate development while maintaining rigorous standards for correctness, security, and performance. You will set the bar for how backend engineers harness AI to iterate faster, write safer code, and document systems more effectively.AI-Enhanced Architecture & Optimization: Exploring how AI can assist in system design, performance tuning, and anomaly detection across Tubi’s distributed backend. You will prototype and integrate AI-powered optimizations that improve throughput, reduce latency, and detect inefficiencies in large-scale microservice architectures.AI-Driven Developer Experience: Contributing to internal tools and platforms that use AI to improve the daily developer workflow, ranging from automated code reviews and test generation to smarter observability dashboards. You will help evolve Tubi’s backend development culture into an AI-native practice.#LI-CL1#LI-Hybrid Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is listed annually below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, long-term incentive plan, and various benefits including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.High cost labor markets such as but not limited to Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco$186,400—$266,300 USDTubi is a division of Fox Corporation, and the FOX Employee Benefits summarized here, covers the majority of all US employee benefits. The following distinctions below outline the differences between the Tubi and FOX benefits:For US-based non-exempt Tubi employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX’s short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi.For all full-time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.About Tubi:Boldly built for every fandom, Tubi is a free streaming service that entertains over 100 million monthly active users. Tubi offers the world's largest collection of Hollywood movies and TV shows, thousands of creator-led stories and hundreds of Tubi Originals made for the most passionate fans. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2014, Tubi is part of Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation.We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
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