Senior Software Engineer, Tubi
Content Platforms
$186.4-266.3k
This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and a long-term incentive plan
3 days a week in office
Free TV and movie streaming service
Be an early applicant
Free TV and movie streaming service
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$186.4-266.3k
This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and a long-term incentive plan
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To free the world’s entertainment to super-serve audiences and advertisers everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on hands-on system building and iterative improvement, with growing influence over design and technical direction
- 3+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering (Elixir, Erlang, Go, Ruby, Scala, or Python preferred)
- Experience with job processing frameworks (e.g., Oban, Sidekiq, Celery)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and gRPC/Protocol Buffers
- Solid understanding of databases, caching, and distributed system design fundamentals
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Experience building or integrating content management systems for large-scale media or data platforms
- Understanding of metadata models, content workflows, and publishing pipelines
- Familiarity with internal tools development or partner-facing content interfaces is a strong plus
- Experience with data caching, service orchestration, or scalable backend architectures
- Emphasis on testing, CI/CD, and code quality
- Experience using or integrating AI-powered agents to automate workflows, improve operational efficiency, or support developer productivity
- Familiarity with frameworks or APIs for LLM-based agents, such as LangChain, OpenAI Assistants API, or custom automation agents
- Interest in leveraging AI for content operations, metadata enrichment, or developer tooling within the content platform ecosystem
- Familiarity with CDN, Cloud Storage, and performance monitoring tools
- Exposure to tools such as FFmpeg, USP, or Shaka, and formats like H264/H265/AV1/HLS/DASH
- Experience working on video transcoding or streaming pipelines is a plus
What the job involves
- The Content Platforms Engineering team builds and scales the core infrastructure that powers Tubi’s content lifecycle—from partner onboarding to video delivery. We focus on reliable, performant, and cost-efficient distributed systems that enable seamless video ingestion, transcoding, and playback
- You’ll join a collaborative team of engineers passionate about video streaming technologies, large-scale system design, and cross-functional impact across Tubi’s content pipeline
- Contribute to the design and implementation of distributed systems supporting content ingestion, transformation, and delivery
- Collaborate closely with the Product, Design, and Content teams to improve our content pipeline efficiency and streaming quality
- Take ownership of medium-to-large components, ensuring reliability, scalability, and maintainability
- Participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and uphold engineering best practices
- Develop and maintain distributed services to ensure reliability and scalability
- Optimize content delivery or video transcoding workflows in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Contribute to performance improvements and cost reductions across the CDN and storage layers
- Design and implement APIs, background jobs, and service integrations
- Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving system observability
Our take
Tubi is a streaming service that was founded in 2014 with the mission of offering subscribers premium television and movies for free. To achieve this, the streaming service relies on ad revenue to support its extensive content library. Rather than focusing on producing original content, Tubi emphasizes acquiring the right to preexisting shows and movies.
Leveraging a business model centred on ad-supported streaming, Tubi has successfully disrupted the highly competitive industry. This approach has resonated with audiences, helping the service amass 51M active subscribers worldwide.
With its recent expansion into the UK, Tubi is poised to tap into a new and diverse audience, further solidifying its position as a major player in the ad-supported streaming market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2019
$25m
LATE VC
May 2017
$21.1m
SERIES B
Total funding: $76.1m
Company benefits
- Healthcare Coverage: We offer medical, dental, and vision coverage, effective from day one
- Family Support: We’re proud to support families of all kinds, and offer generous parental leave, childcare support, and eldercare assistance whenever you need it
- Wellness Programs: Monthly wellness reimbursement, generous time off, and additional Tubi Holidays help us support mental and physical wellbeing for you and your family
- Continuing Education: From education reimbursement to leadership development to certification support, we’re invested in developing our talent so you can take your career to the next level
- Financial Support: We offer resources to help keep you financially fit and invested in your future, from our highly-rated retirement savings matches to financial advisors and planning services
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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