Senior Software Engineer

Job Overview

Senior Software Engineer – Playback Services

Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media playback, facilitating media selection, device customization, and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or want to join a fast‑growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you!

• Work with a team of engineers to build high‑performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting
• Lead high‑level architecture discussions and planning sessions, author and share feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses, and establish standards within the team to drive quality and excellence
• Participate in the on‑call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents
• Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers
• Participate in the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge‑sharing efforts

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment. Validated knowledge of operating large‑scale high‑availability backend services and JVM services
• Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services (Scala APIs)
• Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and strong understanding of design patterns and principles
• Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git
• Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.)
• Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)
• Knowledge of caching technologies
• Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self‑learner, independent, excellent problem‑solving skills

The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the level and position offered.

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