Sr. Backend Software Engineer (Cambridge)
Company: Philo
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: May 14, 2022
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Job Description:
Philo is building the future of television. Our product lets you
watch your favorite shows on all the devices you care about, with
seamless playback, insightful discovery, and effortless sharing -
in short, we're building the TV experience that we've always wanted
for ourselves. Currently, there are over 60 channels included in
our basic package. They include many popular cable networks,
includingA&E, Accuweather, Animal Planet, AXS TV, BBC America,
BET, Cheddar, ComedyCentral, CMT, Discovery Channel, Food Network,
Game Show Network, Hallmark, HGTV, IFC, INSP,Lifetime, MTV,
Nickelodeon, OWN, Paramount Network, Sundance, TV One, Vice and
VH1. We also offer premium add-on channels from Starz and Epix.
There is a lot more programming on the way. We're a company that
puts people first - both our subscribers and our team. At Philo,
our philosophy is to empower our colleagues to do their best work
while supporting each other in pursuing shared goals. We value
pragmatism, pride in our work, and passion. We believe in having
transparency and openness across all parts of the company. We are
committed to diversity and inclusion as we grow the Philo team and
shape the future of TV. We believe that a diverse set of voices and
perspectives on our team enables us to innovate faster and create
the best experience for our subscribers. Philo is headquartered in
San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Cambridge,
MA. Our leadership team includes a cofounder of Facebook as well as
alums of Meraki and HBO. Philo is backed by NEA and industry
partners including Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and A&E. Hack the
Full Stack
Philo's engineers hack up and down the technology stack. It's not
uncommon for a Philo engineer to go from backend coding to user
experience design, from the video encoding pipeline to system
scalability, from site maintenance to iOS/Android development.
Philo engineers own what they build from start to finish. We ship
to production multiple times per day and keep unnecessary process
to a minimum so we can maintain our pace of rapid development.
We are actively hiring engineers who are looking to build a
completely new kind of product and who have a passion for back-end
and/or front-end development.
Infrastructure
Philo's infrastructure consists of thousands of connected machines
in nearly 100 data-centers across the country, with new machines
spinning up every week. Philo is harnessing petabyte storage and
petaflop compute power in a highly distributed environment. Our
systems ingest roughly 50Gb of video per second, then transcode,
segment, and encrypt it to deliver live television to our users.
Meanwhile, our DVR storage system writes millions of episodes to
disk every day. We operate in two different environments: on
commercial cloud infrastructure, as well as within the
unpredictable world of remotely managed hardware in a wide variety
of hosting environments across the country.
As a backend engineer you will be responsible for:
Location: Cambridge, MA
Compensation: Includes annual salary between $155K-$200K depending
on experience and location, company stock options and health
benefits. We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome
people of different backgrounds, experiences, skills, and
perspectives. Philo is an equal opportunity employer. We believe
that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each
other and the company, and we offer a generous set of benefits to
make sure the Philo team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling
of the benefits we offer our team:
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