Engineering Manager, Mux
Video
$195-250k
Online video infrastructure
Be an early applicant
Online video infrastructure
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$195-250k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To democratize video by solving the hard problems developers face when building video.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for someone early in their management journey, maybe your first or second EM role, who still enjoys being close to the technology, guiding a team through challenging video engineering problems, and building products at scale
- 1–3 years of experience managing engineers, ideally in a team of 5–8 people
- Strong backend engineering background (4+ years) with hands-on experience building and operating distributed systems in production
- Knowledgeable in video technologies such as HLS, HEVC, CMAF, transcoding, streaming protocols, and media pipelines + excited to work in this space
- Organized and proactive, able to keep projects moving while adapting to changing priorities
- Clear communicator who can work effectively in a remote-friendly environment
- Enjoys solving hard technical problems and guiding a team toward the best solutions
What the job involves
- Mux is building the future of online video, creating the technology that powers high-quality streaming experiences for millions of viewers
- We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a small, focused team (up to 8 engineers) developing the core video services that make Mux’s platform fast, reliable, and delightful for our customers
- Lead and support a team of engineers working on video-related systems such as encoding, packaging, playback, and content delivery
- Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to define goals, scope projects, and deliver solutions that customers love
- Stay close to the technical details, reviewing designs, discussing architecture, and helping guide trade-offs
- Promote best practices in availability, reliability, and operational excellence for video workloads
- Help your team grow through coaching, feedback, and making their work visible across the company
- Take ownership of delivering projects on time and to a high standard
Our take
Mux is a performance analytics service for video developers and media publishers that has a goal to improve the quality of experience for online video viewers.
It provides online video publishers with the data needed for tackling common issues in order to build better video experiences, visualized in a powerful analytics dashboard backed by machine learning.
Companies like The New York Times, IGN and PBS, who collectively publish more than 100 videos a day, use Mux to measure baselines and video player performance in real-time.
With video streaming seeing steady growth in recent times, Mux Video’s revenues have been growing at a pace of 8x, making Mux one of the fastest-growing enterprise SaaS companies on the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-37% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2021
$105m
SERIES D
Aug 2020
$37m
SERIES C
Total funding: $174m
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO - We encourage a healthy work-life balance
- Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Commuter Benefits - We want to help take the stress out of your commute
- Professional Development Stipend - For your continuous learning and growth
- Catered meals - Plus snacks and (good) coffee
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Heffernan
(Co-founder)A video technology enthusiast with experience in developer product design, creator of other video products including Video.js and Zencoder.
Jon Dahl
(CEO & Co-founder)Co-founder of Zencoder, acquired by Brightcove, where they served as VP of Technology, with experience in software development.
Adam Brown
(CTO & Co-founder)Experienced software developer, serving as a senior software engineer at Brightcove before cofounding Mux in 2016.
Matthew McClure
(Co-Founder)The organizer of the Demuxed conference and the SF video technology meetup. Their background lies in software engineering.
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