Philo is looking to solve the problem of delivering a high-quality video streaming experience to its customers, with a focus on scalable backend application development, video streaming, OTT delivery, and ad tech infrastructure.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend software development experience, with significant focus on scalable backend application development, video streaming, OTT delivery, or ad tech infrastructure.
- 4+ years of software engineering management experience, overseeing backend engineering teams.
- Deep experience building or leading teams that developed highly scalable, distributed backend systems using languages like Golang, Java, C++, or similar.
- Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) and programmatic advertising technologies.
- Knowledge of ad tech standards (VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB) and programmatic advertising platforms.
- Familiarity with video streaming technologies, including experience with video codecs (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, MPEG-DASH), and OTT video delivery at scale.
Responsibilities
- Provide strong people management for the Video and Ads Engineering teams, including regular 1:1 meetings, career development guidance, and general check-ins to support individual growth and team morale.
- Collaborate with technical engineering leads to gather feedback on project delivery, execution, and timelines to ensure efficient and on-time releases for our video ingest, transcode, delivery pipeline, and advertising platform.
- Work closely with engineering leads to gather insights on code quality and areas for improvement, supporting continuous improvements in reliability, performance, video quality, and user experience.
- Drive the professional development of direct reports, helping them grow their technical and leadership skills, and offering guidance on career progression.
- Support team members with feedback on their performance, offering coaching and mentorship tailored to each individual's goals.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with product, ad operations, data science, and client engineering teams to ensure smooth and coordinated feature delivery.
- Monitor the health of the backend teams by managing workloads, identifying bottlenecks, and maintaining a strong, transparent communication flow.
Other
- Strong people management skills with experience providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance to direct reports.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines to achieve common goals.
- Track record of making data-driven decisions and working with large-scale systems handling significant traffic.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
