JW Player
Senior Software Engineer - Backend, Authorization Systems (Remote)
Remote | $104K - $237K
Qualifications
- At least four years of relevant experience, with an extensive background in backend development
- Proven record of delivering high-quality and impactful technical solutions, demonstrating expertise independent of programming languages
- Demonstrated experience in scaling systems to the next level to handle increased loads and demands
- Knowledge of database design and data structures
- Commitment to code quality, maintainability, readability, scalability, and performance
- Ability to quickly analyze and resolve tactical issues across various areas
- Open-minded and eager to learn new technologies
- Solid understanding of the Python/GoLang programming language
- Knowledge of common Goroutine, channel patterns, and concurrency patterns
- Experience with building scalable systems using cloud infrastructures like AWS or Google Cloud
- Understand micro-services architecture: Designing, creating, deploying, testing, and monitoring
- Contributed to open-source projects
- Experience with Docker and/or Linux Containers
Responsibilities
- Build a system that helps us set and enforce customer-defined fine-grained access control rules
- Contribute to innovative technology and architecture of a global production-scale service layer
- Work with microservices and microservice principles (Service discovery, API gateways, data transaction consistency, etc.)
- Make a material impact on our streaming products, analytics, and OTT integrations
- Participate in code reviews with fellow engineering peers
- 201-500 employees
- Advertising, Software, Technology, Video Streaming, Online Video Platforms, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Digital Advertising, Advertising Technology, Streaming Services
- Privately Held
- Founded: 2008
- Last round: Series E
- Last round: US$ 100.0M
- New York
- Company Specialties:
Online Video, Video Advertising, HTML5, Video Player, Software, Internet, and Video Hosting & Streaming
Company information
JW Player is the New York-based company that pioneered video on the web and continues to innovate for the future. As creators of the world’s first open source video player in 2008, we powered the original YouTube and have since expanded to video hosting and streaming, advertising, and analytics for 1 billion monthly unique viewers in 200 countries. JW Player combines the fastest video delivery on the planet with cutting-edge intelligence, empowering publishers to tell highly impactful visual stories and successfully monetize their content. For more information, see www.jwplayer.com and subscribe to www.jwplayer.com/blog.
