Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Philo
$162-210k
+ Stock options
Live TV streaming service
Open for applications
Live TV streaming service
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$162-210k
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To provide affordable and accessible television streaming services to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Highly proficient in modern web development technologies (particularly React)
- Very comfortable developing in plain JavaScript and be experienced with Typescript
- Comfortable with writing and maintaining scalable CSS and SASS stylesheets
- Experienced building and maintaining large scale single page applications
- Able to write, test, ship, and maintain clean production code within a collaborative and version-controlled (git) codebase
Desirable
- Redux state management
- HTML5 video player development
- GraphQL endpoints
- Full stack development in Rails, Node, or a similar backend technology
What the job involves
- Iteratively designing and improving upon our application UIs
- Implementing user acquisition, engagement, and retention-oriented initiatives
- Prototyping, testing, and iterating upon new features
- Taking initiative by continually investigating anomalies in reported metrics as well as proffering or implementing solutions
- Communicating effectively with product, marketing, engineering, operations, and support teams to rapidly and collaboratively ship impactful work that delights our customers
Our take
Streaming services offer cheaper options than cable TV packages, but prices are beginning to rise. This is partly due to packages beginning to bundle costly sports and other media packages that viewers do not necessarily want.
Philo offers a streaming service that aims to provide a streamlined selection of channels as an affordable, yet comprehensive, viewing option. The streamlined and high-quality channel offerings are available to viewers at $25 per month, a price significantly lower than standard cable subscriptions, with the base option including 60 live channels and over 75,000 on-demand offerings.
Whilst other streaming platforms offer affordable packages, Philo stands out with unique features such as a co-viewing service that allows up to three people to watch the same program together. The company has also proven its dedication to improved user experiences, as it expands its compatibility with devices such as smart TVs.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Career progression
"Philo is an employer that encourages self-development and education. It was actually one of the more appealing aspects of the job offer when I was..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2020
$50m
SERIES D
Jul 2018
$41.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $155.7m
Company 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!
Company HQ
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Andrew McCollum
(CEO, not founder)Studied Computer Science at Harvard before co-founding Facebook. Joined Philo in 2014 and has acted as CEO since.
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