Senior Staff Data Engineer, Brightcove
$172.5-258.8k
Leading cloud-based online video platform
Job no longer available
Leading cloud-based online video platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$172.5-258.8k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To break through to audiences everywhere by offering powerful video solutions for marketing, enterprise communications, and more.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of development experience in Data Engineering and Data Warehousing
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, e.g. Computer Science, Math, Physics
- Experience scaling data environments with distributed/RT systems and self-serve visualization environments
- Advanced proficiency with SQL, Perl, Python, Postgres, REST/GraphQL
- Experience designing and implementing cloud based and SaaS data warehouse (e.g. AWS, GCP, NoSQL) and developing ETL/ELT pipelines
- Experience integrating and building data platform in support of BI, Analytics, Data Science, and real-time applications
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to initiate and drive projects proactively and accurately
- Experience with containers and container-based deployment, preferably Kubernetes
- Experience working with version control, continuous deployment and performance monitoring tools, such as Git, TeamCity, Jenkins, SumoLogic, DataDog, and CloudHealth
- Experience with agile methodologies
- Experience with ad sell-side providers and video/media processing across OTT, Live, and Video on Demand platforms is highly desired
What the job involves
- Proactively drive innovation in big data and the execution of our data engineering and data warehouse frameworks and services
- Build world class data infrastructure, APIs, and datasets to support delivery and continuous improvement of Brightcove’s video, ad, and recommendation solutions
- Understand and translate business needs into data models to support long-term, scalable, and reliable solutions
- Create logical and physical data models using best practices to ensure high data quality and reduced redundancy
- Drive data quality across the organization; develop best practices for standard naming conventions and coding practices to ensure consistency of data models and tracking
- Define and manage SLA’s for data sets and processes running in production
- Continuously improve our data infrastructure and stay ahead of technology
- Design a system for data backup in case of system failure
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Data Scientists, Analysts, Product Managers, Software Engineers, Customer Support, Finance, Marketers, Account Management to understand data needs and deliver on those needs
- Provide technical thought leadership to the team and organization
- Help mentor and manage junior engineers
Our take
Brightcove enables content creators to gain additional revenue from their online video products through new distribution and analytics opportunities. Its services generate a cash flow by allowing advertisers to purchase sponsorship bumpers and watermarks. But that's just the start; the firm is also drawing in customers as a cutting-edge analytics platform.
The company now operates in more than 60 countries and is developing new strategies that enhance current offerings and create opportunities to expand existing businesses. The latter includes the 2023-launched Brightcove Communication Studios, a platform that helps teams better communicate and engage with internal stakeholders as well as an Ad Monetisation service for client companies.
Brightcove now works with customers across a range of sectors and industries, including BBC, Adobe, Ford, Forbes, and Premier League and continues to spoil its customers with new features and incentives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2010
$12m
SERIES D
May 2008
$4m
SERIES D
Total funding: $157.2m
Company benefits
- Nourishment: Catered lunches and fully-stocked kitchens around the globe, you’ll never go hungry here!
- Financial Wellness: Plan for the future with our competitive compensation packages, 401K matching, and recognition awards.
- Employee Experience: It’s not all about work. From poker games to summer happy hours (virtual and in-person), and epic Halloween parties—we bring the fun.
- Learning & Development: You’ll solve challenging problems daily here. And to help you do that we’ve got tuition reimbursement programs, mentoring partnerships, and regular meetups like our Women in Technology initiative.
- Giving Back: We’re all about making an impact on local communities, so we encourage employees to take volunteer time off and match charitable donations up to $100.
- Health: Outstanding health and wellness benefits help you nourish body and soul so you can be your best self.
- Time Off: Refresh, recharge, and keep work and life in balance with our generous vacation benefits, including unlimited PTO and half-day Fridays!
Company HQ
Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Marc DeBevoise
(CEO)Experienced Executive with over 15 years in senior roles. They are currently an Executive Producer at Horizon: An American Saga, an Advisory Board Member at Antenna, and a Board President at The Door.
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