Machine Learning Data Engineer, Wurl
$121-196k
Streaming TV distribution and advertising service
Job no longer available
Streaming TV distribution and advertising service
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$121-196k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable content companies, streamers, and advertising to continually reach new viewers and grow revenue.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors or Masters of Science degree
- 4+ years of complete software lifecycle experience
- Demonstrable fluency in SQL & Python
- Experience tuning, debugging and deploying serverful distributed systems
- Both at the application and (linux) host level
- Experience deploying, operating and tuning PySpark and Spark SQL
- Experience designing and securing distributed data pipelines
- Experience deploying and utilizing AWS cloud services
- Comfortable working in agile environments with an ability to adapt quickly to changes
- Evangelizing good software development practices and leading from the front
- Master at designing data for both maintainability and efficiency and communicating tradeoffs
- Strong communicator and a leader. Team player, product owner and committed to the results
Desirable
- Experience architecting and operating object store backed database systems
- Understanding the infrastructure of
- CDNs
- Advertising Infrastructure
- Streaming video delivery
- Understanding of ETL processes
- BI toolset experience highly desired
- Experience with the Databricks platform
- Understand machine learning functionality
What the job involves
- Own and drive highly impactful greenfield data services powering new product initiatives which leverage the rich data that Wurl collects directly as well as from partners and providers
- Architect, implement and deliver innovative features that scale with Wurl’s media network and beyond
- Work alongside machine learning engineers for building observable, repeatable, and scalable ML data pipelines
- Lead, mentor and coach data engineering best practices to multidisciplinary users
- Collaborate with project managers, product managers, solutions architects, other engineering teams and support for productization of new software services and features
- Champion innovation, take ownership and lead cross functional collaboration as projects demand
Our take
Wurl is a provider of powered streaming for smart TVs and smart TV sticks across the world. Working with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Roku, Rakuten TV, and Samsung TV Plus, Wurl's technology helps content companies to monetize their services. It enables streamers to onboard new channels and content with ease.
Wurl has few competitors in the current market, though legacy broadcast technology companies are starting to design their own OTT delivery platforms to compete with Wurl, while subscription-based streaming services like Netflix offer an alternative to viewers who don't want to see ads. With over 300 million connected TVs in over 50 countries, Wurl's viewership is still growing.
The company was acquired by AppLovin in 2022, enabling the company to bring new advertising and marketing services to both connected television (CTV) and mobile. This is an exciting opportunity within a fast growing industry as it is projected that U.S advertisers will spend around $100 billion on CTV by 2030.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2021
$11m
SERIES B
Aug 2018
$11.9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $32.9m
Company benefits
- Strong Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits, 90% paid by Wurl
- Remote First Policy
- Flexible Time Off
- 12 US Holidays
- 401(k) Matching
- Pre-Tax Savings Plans, HSA & FSA
- Ginger, Aaptiv and Headspace Subscriptions for Mental and Physical Wellness
- OneMedical Subscription for 24/7 Convenient Medical Care
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave for All Family Additions
- Discounted PetPlan
- Easy at Home Access to Covid Testing with EmpowerDX
- $1k Work From Home Stipend to Set Up Your Home Office
Company HQ
Downtown North, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Sean Doherty
(CEO)They have a vast amount of experience in managing telecommunications companies. Alongside Wurl, they are a Chairman of PeakNet, a partner to the nation's largest wireless service providers.
Sean Doherty, Jr
(COO)Gained a degree from Boston College in Information Systems and Marketing, History Minor. Prior to Wurl, they worked at William Morris Endeavour as a Talent Coordinator.
David Martinez
(Chief Architect & CSO)A seasoned software engineer who has been coding in Silicon Valley for over 20 years.
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