Senior Software Engineer, Vimeo
Trust and Safety
$127.8-196k
All-in-one video experience platform
Job no longer available
All-in-one video experience platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$127.8-196k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Vimeo's mission is to empower video creators to tell exceptional stories, and connect with their audiences and communities.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience, perspective and deep understanding of the Trust and Safety domain
- Extensive experience with at least one server-side programming language (PHP, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, Node, etc)
- Proficiency in front end web development including React and/or NextJS
- An intimate knowledge of relational database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc) and data modeling techniques
- Proven experience in building scalable web applications, including backend services, APIs, and databases
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to communicate and collaborate respectfully and effectively with both technical and non-technical teams
- Organized and have the ability to break up projects into manageable pieces and complete them with limited compromises by the established deadline
- Excellent problem solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot debug complex issues
- Experience mentoring members of your teams through architectural guidance and thorough code reviews
Desirable
- Microservice implementation and design experience
- Experience with cluster managers like Kubernetes
- Experience with distributed metrics systems like Graphite, Statsd, or Prometheus
What the job involves
- We’re a small team that cares about collaboration, encourages curiosity, celebrates technical excellence, and is driven by careful attention to detail and planning for the future. We believe diversity of perspective and experience are key to building great technology and believe that the best way to iterate towards success is by taking care of ourselves, our families, our users, and one another
- Build and improve tools that enable Vimeo’s trust and safety team to protect our users, and our platform
- Work closely with our customer facing Trust and Safety teams, and other internal teams to build products to improve their day to day
- Build user facing security features that protect our users from bad actors, and search for creative solutions to common abuse problems
- Sculpt the architectural vision for significant parts of our stack to allow for rapid iteration and long term stability
- Work closely with other engineers on the team to aid in their technical growth
Our take
Vimeo was founded by filmmakers who wanted an efficient way to share videos with others. It is more creator-oriented than YouTube, with professional software, technology, and tools for creators to produce, share, and sell their videos.
In 2007, it became the first online video sharing site to support HD playback for consumers, updating to 4K playback in 2016. Vimeo's app has also been updated to allow recording and live streaming as well as watching video. This service is aimed predominantly at enterprise customers although they have millions of small-time users too.
Vimeo has risen to become the world's biggest ad-free open video platform, with significant funding that has allowed it to expand operations and build up the business. Recently, however, the company has found itself struck by the effects of the economic downturn felt by much of the industry, and has been forced to reduce its workforce - a step taken to ensure it comes out of this rough time "a stronger company". On top of this, it received a hefty fine for failure to remove copyrighted content back in 2019, after losing an appeal against the initial ruling.
In 2024, Vimeo is rumoured to be in the process of acquisition by leading mobile app developer Bending Spoons, which could signify a major shift in the tech landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2021
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2020
$150m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $450m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off
- Medical and dental
- Daily breakfast, plus snacks and drinks aplenty
- Company outings and events
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company equity
- Company-matched charitable donations
- Parental leave and adoption assistance
- Company-matched 401k
Company values
- Start with Users: Understand our users’ goals, and make them your own. Solve for what users need, not what they ask for.
- Ask Why: Respectfully challenge ideas and embrace open debate. Validate intuitions with evidence.
- Aim High: Be willing to take risks to deliver outsized impact. Greatness only comes from making bold decisions.
- Own It: Commit to targets. Take the initiative, follow through and own the outcome. If processes are slowing you down, introduce better ones.
- Be Real: Seek feedback and give it generously. Be direct. Be candid. Most of all, be you.
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Adam Gross
(Interim CEO)Currently Board Member at Buildkite. Previously Chair of the Board of Directors at Democracy Works and the CEO of Salesforce.
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