Philo

Backend Software Engineering Manager – Video & Ads Engineering

Philo

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California, Massachusetts, New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $245,000 - $285,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

CloudDockerGoJavaKubernetes

About the role

  • 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.
  • Advocate for team needs, including addressing tech debt and making decisions about project prioritization and resource allocation in collaboration with technical leads.
  • Manage the hiring and growth of the teams as needed, working with recruiting to identify and onboard top backend engineering talent.
  • Manage day-to-day partnership operations with content providers, CDN partners, and ad tech ecosystem partners to ensure optimal video delivery and ad performance.
  • Serve as a technical leader and advocate for the video streaming and advertising infrastructure, staying informed of industry trends and emerging technologies.

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.
  • Strong people management skills with experience providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance to direct reports.
  • 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).
  • 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.
Benefits
  • Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave
  • $2,000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation)
  • $5,250 annually for professional development and educational assistance
  • $1,250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter)
  • $500/month ($6,000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)
  • Free Gympass subscription — an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms, studios, classes, training and wellness apps
  • Dog-friendly office
  • And much more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
backend software developmentscalable backend application developmentvideo streamingOTT deliveryad tech infrastructureGolangJavaC++cloud computinglarge-scale systems
Soft skills
people managementcoachingperformance feedbackcareer development guidancecommunicationcollaborationmentorshipdecision makingteam moralecross-functional collaboration