Tubi is a global entertainment company and the most watched free TV and movie streaming service in the U.S. and Canada. Dedicated to providing all people access to all the world’s stories, Tubi offers the largest collection of on-demand content, including over 275,000 premium movies and TV episodes and over 300 exclusive originals. With a passionate fanbase and over 97 million monthly active viewers, the company is committed to putting viewers first with free, accessible entertainment for all.
About the Team:
The Content Platforms Engineering team is responsible for developing a scalable, high-performance infrastructure that powers the entire content delivery pipeline. From the initial onboarding of content to its seamless distribution, we ensure that all content reaches end users reliably and efficiently. Our team collaborates closely with the content and video teams, who handle content acquisition and work with us to process large volumes of raw video through transcoding to optimize it for streaming. We provide critical backend services and tools that enable smooth and efficient content ingestion, transformation, and delivery across various devices and platforms.
About the Role:
As a Tech Lead/Engineering Manager within the Content Platforms team, you will lead the Content Delivery team, driving initiatives that ensure efficient, scalable content delivery to end-user clients. You will play a pivotal role in optimizing the end-to-end content distribution pipeline at Tubi, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including Content Management, Content Linear, Content Processing, and client teams, to enhance the reliability and performance of our content platform.
Please note: we expect this role to be a hands-on manager who can work with the team on technical design and development along with being a people manager. Technical design and code implementation should account for 50% of this role’s time while the other 50% will be team management, XFN collaboration, and planning.
This is a hybrid role in our San Francisco office.
What You'll Do:
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on content delivery optimization. Foster a continuous improvement culture, emphasizing technical excellence and career development
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including Content Management, Content Linear, Content Processing, and client teams, to drive innovations that improve content delivery reliability and scalability
- Oversee the system design and enhancement of distributed systems to ensure high availability, low latency, and seamless end-user experience
- Strategically manage and optimize CDN and cloud storage solutions for various content types, including images, subtitles, and metadata. Implement solutions that balance performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness in delivering these assets to end users
Your Background:
- 5+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams, focusing on team development, performance management, and fostering a collaborative culture
- 5+ years of experience with programming languages relevant to distributed systems (e.g., Elixir, Erlang, Golang, Ruby, Scala, Python)
- Strong knowledge of databases, caching mechanisms, and performance optimization techniques essential for high-availability online services
- Experience with gRPC/Protocol Buffers, Kubernetes, CDN, and cloud storage technologies
- In-depth understanding of distributed system architecture, with experience in building scalable, resilient services that support efficient content delivery
California Compensation:
Base ($207,000 - $283,000 / year) + Bonus + Long Term Incentive Plan + Benefits
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Tubi is a division of Fox Corporation, and the FOX Employee Benefits summarized here, covers the majority of all US employee benefits. The following distinctions below outline the differences between the Tubi and FOX benefits:
- For US-based non-exempt Tubi employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.
- For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.
- For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX’s short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi.
- For all full-time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
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Tubi San Francisco, California, USA Office
315 Montgomery St., 11th floor, , San Francisco, CA, United States, 94104
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