The company is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Video Platform team, which is central to their streaming media experience. The role aims to build and scale the core video infrastructure to deliver high-performance, reliable, and innovative video experiences to millions of global users.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in video engineering or streaming media, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Strong understanding of video encoding/transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, and content protection
- Hands-on experience with video players (e.g., JWPlayer, VideoJS, Shaka, ExoPlayer, AVPlayer), analytics tools (Adobe, Comscore) and QoS (Conviva)
- Experience with cloud-based video workflows, including AWS Media Services and GCP
- Demonstrated success managing high-performing technical teams and driving cross-functional execution
- Experience with live streaming at scale (preferred)
- Knowledge of machine learning applications in video quality optimization (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers and technical leads focused on video encoding, packaging, playback, and delivery
- Define and execute the roadmap for the video platform in alignment with product and business goals
- Oversee the design, development, and optimization of video workflows, including both live and on-demand streaming
- Ensure scalability, low latency, and high availability of the video platform
- Provide leadership on client-side and server-side ad delivery implementations (CSAI, SSAI, DAI)
- Drive player integration strategies and collaborate with platform teams on customization, feature rollout, and performance optimization across devices
- Continuously improve video quality, startup time, buffering, and playback reliability across platforms
Other
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Content, and platform engineering teams (Web, Mobile, OTT) to deliver seamless video experiences across all surfaces
- Establish KPIs and implement monitoring tools to measure platform performance and user experience
- Manage vendor relationships and assess third-party tools and services
- Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week
- Identify and resolve complex playback, performance, and integration issues across the video stack
