TensorOps is hiring a Backend Software Engineering Manager to lead our Video and Ads Engineering teams. You will provide people management, drive project delivery, and act as a technical leader for the infrastructure that powers our video streaming and advertising services.
What You'll Do
- Provide strong people management for the Video and Ads Engineering teams, including regular 1:1 meetings, career development guidance, and general check-ins.
- Collaborate with technical leads on project delivery, execution, and timelines for video ingest, transcode, delivery pipeline, and advertising platform.
- Work with engineering leads to gather insights on code quality and support continuous improvements in reliability, performance, video quality, and user experience.
- Drive the professional development of direct reports, helping them grow their technical and leadership skills.
- Support team members with performance feedback, coaching, and mentorship tailored to individual goals.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with product, ad operations, data science, and client engineering teams.
- Monitor team health by managing workloads, identifying bottlenecks, and maintaining transparent communication.
- Advocate for team needs, including addressing tech debt and making decisions about project prioritization and resource allocation.
- Manage hiring and team growth, working with recruiting to identify and onboard top backend engineering talent.
- Manage day-to-day partnership operations with content providers, CDN partners, and ad tech ecosystem partners.
- Serve as a technical leader and advocate for video streaming and advertising infrastructure, staying informed of industry trends.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of backend software development experience, with significant focus on scalable backend applications, video streaming, OTT delivery, or ad tech infrastructure.
- 4+ years of software engineering management experience, overseeing backend engineering teams.
- Strong people management skills, including experience providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance.
- Deep experience building or leading teams that developed highly scalable, distributed backend systems using languages like Golang, Java, C++, or similar.
- Experience operating in cloud computing environments using modern software deployment technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines.
- Track record of making data-driven decisions and working with large-scale systems handling significant traffic.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) and programmatic advertising technologies.
- Knowledge of ad tech standards (VAST, VMAP, OpenRTB) and programmatic advertising platforms.
- Familiarity with video streaming technologies, including video codecs (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, MPEG-DASH), and OTT video delivery at scale.
- Experience with video quality assessment tools (VMAF, SSIM) and video encoding optimization.
- Experience with cloud video transcoding services (AWS Elemental, Azure Media Services) and FFmpeg.
- Familiarity with DRM, content protection, and video security.
- Experience managing partnerships with content providers, CDNs, or ad tech vendors.
Technical Stack
- Golang, Ruby, NodeJS, C++, Python, Kubernetes, Docker
Team & Environment
You will lead the Video and Ads Engineering teams at TensorOps.
Benefits & Compensation
- Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family.
- 401(k) plan with employer contributions (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.
- $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.
- Generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco).
- Free Gympass subscription.
- Dog-friendly office.
- Compensation varies by location: San Francisco, New York City: $245K - $285K; Boston, DC Metro, Los Angeles, Seattle: $230K - $270K; Denver, Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Chicago: $220K - $255K; Texas, Florida: $210K - $245K. All roles include equity via company stock options.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position. You can work from our offices in San Francisco, CA, Brooklyn, NY, or Cambridge, MA, or remotely within the U.S.
TensorOps is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
