Technical Lead, Brightcove
JavaScript
3-5 days a week in office
Leading cloud-based online video platform
Job no longer available
Leading cloud-based online video platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
3-5 days a week in office
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
- Have you led technical teams, mentored and learned from them? Impressed clients with your ability to simplify and solve complex technical problems? Built systems that scale to millions of users? If so, and if you’re looking for a chance to grow and work with some of the most well-known media brands in the world, we’d love to talk
- A perfect candidate for a Technical Lead in Brightcove’s Global Services team will have strong hands-on coding skills; have organized and led distributed teams while building best practices (unit testing, code reviews, security and performance audits); and, most importantly, will have delighted clients with their teams’ work
- 8+ years experience as a technical developer or related work experience; 2+ years in technical leadership roles; experience in a project-based consulting environment
- Expertise implementing solutions from a defined architecture for various problem types
- Extensive knowledge in the areas of custom software development: OO Design Patterns; microservices, middleware, etc
- Strong proficiency with at least one server-side language (Node.js and/or Python preferred) required
- Strong proficiency with vanilla JavaScript
- Strong Object Oriented Programming skills
- Deep understanding of the React JavaScript framework
- Understanding data security compliance and security best practices
- Experience in profiling, debugging and troubleshooting systems
- Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases; data modeling/design techniques; data interface protocols; database deployment and scalability; database tuning
- Strong understanding of designing and implementing proper REST APIs
- Extensive experience with designing systems for scale and reuse, source code management strategies, and release management
- Strong and effective verbal and written communications skills; as well as strong and effective presentation and facilitation skills
- Willingness to travel to client locations and collaborate with distributed delivery teams as needed
- Solid knowledge of system administration and software and hardware configuration and production system deployments; ability to make informed recommendations to customer IT staff; ability to troubleshoot pre- and post-production implementations; security; load balancing and performance
- AWS experience strongly preferred
- Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
- Knowledge of web accessibility and SEO a plus
- JIRA and Confluence experience a plus
What the job involves
- The Technical Lead partners with the Project Manager on each project to ensure a quality and timely deliverable that will delight the customer
- Consulting: Technical Leads are part of the senior team that manage the client and are called upon to facilitate user requirements sessions, design technical specifications, and manage development of documentation to meet client expectations. In conjunction with a Project Manager, Technical Leads are expected to provide both technical and solution expertise for clients and client engagements
- Solution Development: Technical Leads work with Solution Architects and Business Analysts to create solutions for various client needs. Technical Leads support the analysis of client processes and recommend new business models, workflows, or solutions to best meet client needs
- Leadership: Technical Leads manage all technical aspects of the project and also contribute directly by writing code, managing builds and performing other hands-on tasks. Technical Leads are responsible for the enforcement and guidance of project technical best practices and standards. Technical Leads have the ability to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
- Team Management: Technical Leads manage varying sized project teams to successfully deliver agreed-upon solutions of the highest quality, exceeding customer expectations. They mentor and guide less experienced consultants. They are expected to be role models for best practices and to provide technical knowledge sharing
Salary benchmarks
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.
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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