Tubi

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

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4 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$227k - $325k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive architectural direction across multiple services and teams
  • Lead the design and evolution of distributed systems for scalability, resilience, observability, and security
  • Drive technical alignment across client, infrastructure, product, ads, and content organizations
  • Own critical system design decisions affecting multiple platforms
  • Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering standards
  • Support domain leadership for Linear systems, EPG platforms, and time-based content architectures
  • Support business-critical needs such as on-call coverage and live events
  • Shape backend development practices, including AI-assisted coding and AI-native workflows
  • Guide the use of AI for system design, performance tuning, anomaly detection, developer productivity, code quality, and observability

Requirements

  • Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • Deep backend development expertise, preferably with Elixir and Rust or comparable languages
  • Strong architectural judgment and proven cross-team technical leadership
  • Experience with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, RESTful APIs, Kubernetes, and observability systems
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and working in high-traffic, mission-critical production environments
  • Hands-on experience supporting large-scale live events with high concurrency and real-time demands
  • Familiarity with Linear content systems, EPG platforms, or time-based scheduling architectures is preferred
  • Deep production experience with Elixir and Rust, advanced Kubernetes experience, and experience with Pingora or Nginx are preferred
  • Prior ownership of large-scale architectural transformations is preferred

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring attendance at the San Francisco or New York City office 3 days per week
  • Annual discretionary bonus and long-term incentive plan eligibility
  • Medical, dental, vision, insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits
  • Flexible time off policy for salaried/exempt employees
  • 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave for eligible full-time regular employees
  • Monthly wellness reimbursement

Tech Stack

ElixirgRPCKubernetesRust

Categories

Tubi

About Tubi

501-1,000 employees

Tubi is the most watched free TV and movie streaming service in the U.S., dedicated to providing all people access to all the world's stories. As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 275,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 FAST channels. Tubi is part of the Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation that oversees the company’s digital businesses