Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Founded in 2013, our client is a hugely popular, cutting-edge online streaming television company from California. This free broadcasting service provides millions of viewers with more than 100 exclusive live and original channels that users won’t find on local TV. The content is full of TV shows of all kinds, premium news, on-demand movies, cartoons, viral videos, sports, lifestyle and trending digital series. In a nutshell, there is literally everything you’d like to see on your screen – hand-picked by people who know and love the entertainment industry.

More so, they offer a free app that runs seamlessly on multiple mobile, web and various connected TV streaming devices. Well-known online giants The Verge, Venture Beat, and Vibe declared our customer as ‘awesome’. So, we can say for sure that our client is redefining the future of television.

Our client is led by a seasoned team of entrepreneurs, TV and technology executives, and top-of-class team members. $43M+ funding with investors like US Venture Partners, Sky, Chicago Ventures, Universal Music Group, United Talent Agency and Pritzker Group. Top app with millions of users across platforms like web, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Vizio, Samsung, and more.

One of the hottest startups in Los Angeles and one of the leading video platforms in the industry -often covered in NY Times, Forbes, Techcrunch, Variety, USA Today, CNN, Mashable and more!

High energy culture. Passionate entrepreneurial team. Massive market. Employing the best of the best in the industry. We’re building the future of television.

#We are on a mission to unleash the power of content… you in?

We’ve got the brands, we’ve got the stars, we’ve got the power to achieve our mission to entertain the planet – now all we’re missing is… YOU! Joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co-create moments that matter – both for our audiences and our employees – and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

• Interview process that respects people and their time
• Professional and open IT community
• Internal meet-ups and resources for knowledge sharing
• Time for recovery and relaxation
• Bright online and offline events
• Opportunity to become part of our internal volunteer community

his is a critical role with a wide range of responsibilities, including:
● Analyze and improve system design to reduce failure modes and promote self-healing
systems
● Establish and maintain robust systems that facilitate observability, encompassing
logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, alerting, and offline test tools.
● Work with development partners to shape the architecture, design, and implementations
of new and existing systems to enhance their reliability, performance, efficiency, and
scalability
● Ability to work both independently as well as part of a geographically dispersed yet
integrated team.
● Collaborate with service engineers to establish Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for backend services.
● Being able to identify the indications or cues that demonstrate the effectiveness of an
application and having the knowledge to improve or repair its performance
● Ability to assess options and suggest solutions when there is limited or unclear
information. This position requires a level of comfort and assurance in dealing with
uncertain situations.
● Ability to work seamlessly within a team as well as manage individual tasks
● Respond to emerging incidents, solve critical issues, and follow through with a plan for
resolution or future mitigation
● Act as an SME on the Engineering Operations team, partnering with backend services
teams and application teams to overcome challenges across all the platforms where we
stream our service

We believe the right individual will have the following skills and experience to be successful in the role:

● 5+ years experience in software development

● Degree in Computer Science or related or equivalent work experience

● You have solid engineering and coding skills, data structure knowledge, and the ability to

write high-performance production-quality code.

● Experience building service-oriented APIs and cloud services

● Experience designing, implementing, and deploying microservices

● Extremely technical hands-on server software experience

● Proficient in Golang, and Javascript, and quick to learn new languages.

● Experience in the Linux environment and a good understanding of its fundamentals and

internals: filesystems and modern memory management, threads, and processes, the

user/kernel-space divide, etc.

● A good understanding of large-scale distributed systems in practice, including multi-tier

architectures, application security, monitoring, and storage systems.

● Working knowledge of the TCP/IP stack, internet routing, and load balancing.

● Grit, drive, and a deep feeling of ownership.

Bonus Points for Experience with the following:

● Golang

● Typescript

● Kubernetes

● Terraform

● Opentelemetry

● eBPF

● Datadog

● Helm Charts

● HLS video transcoding, distribution & playback

● Experience designing, implementing, and running services in high demand high-traffic

environments

● Experience with high-availability services