Philo: TV on the Internet!!!

At Philo, we’re a group of technology and product people who set out to build the future of television, marrying the best in modern technology with the most compelling medium ever invented — in short, we’re building the TV experience that we’ve always wanted for ourselves. In practice this means leveraging cloud delivery, modern tech stacks, machine learning, and hand-crafted native app experiences on all of our platforms. We aim to deliver a rock solid experience on the streaming basics, while cooking up next generation multi-screen and multi-user playback experiences.

Qualifications

The Philo Product Team is responsible for designing, building, testing, and quite literally reinventing television (the most engaging product ever created) across web, mobile, and TV platforms. Just as television is about more than simply watching an episode of your favorite show, so too does our work extend well beyond the play button. We take TV schedules, movie and show metadata, live and on-demand feeds, recordings, real-time localized usage metrics, cross-device interoperability, and individualized viewing habits, preferences, restrictions, and notifications – massaging it all into a comprehensive and seamless TV experience. 

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We are positioned at the forefront of front-end development technologies, building on DRM-decrypting HTML5 video along with a modern workflow leveraging React and ES6.

The Role

Philo engineers own what they build from start to finish. We ship to production multiple times per day and keep unnecessary processes to a minimum so we can maintain our pace of rapid development.

As a front-end engineer you will be responsible for:

• Iteratively designing and improving upon our application UIs
• Implementing user acquisition, engagement, and retention-oriented initiatives.
• Prototyping, testing, and iterating upon new features.
• Taking initiative by continually investigating anomalies in reported metrics as well as proffering or implementing solutions.
• Communicating effectively with product, marketing, engineering, operations, and support teams to rapidly and collaboratively ship impactful work that delights our customers.

A strong candidate should be:

• Highly proficient in modern web development technologies (particularly React)
• Very comfortable developing in plain JavaScript and be experienced with Typescript
• Comfortable with writing and maintaining scalable CSS and SASS stylesheets
• Experienced building and maintaining large scale single page applications
• Able to write, test, ship, and maintain clean production code within a collaborative and version-controlled (git) codebase.

Experience with the following technologies is a plus (but not required):

• Redux state management
• HTML5 video player development
• GraphQL endpoints
• Full stack development in Rails, Node, or a similar backend technology

More about Philo

At Philo, we’re a company that puts people first—both our subscribers and our team. Our philosophy is to empower our colleagues to do their best work while supporting each other in pursuing shared goals. We value pragmatism, pride in our work, and passion. Transparency and openness are fundamental to our company culture. We are committed to diversity and inclusion as we grow the Philo team and shape the future of TV. We believe that a diverse set of voices and perspectives on our team enables us to innovate faster and create the best experience for our subscribers.

Philo offers access to top-rated networks, including AMC, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Discovery, Food Network, Hallmark, HGTV, History, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, MTV, Nickelodeon, OWN, VH1, WE tv, and more, along with groundbreaking originals and blockbuster movies included with AMC+. Our service also includes 80+ free channels and premium add-ons like STARZ and MGM+.

Our extensive library boasts over 75,000 titles, and our unlimited DVR allows users to save their favorite shows and movies for up to a year, skipping ads for a seamless viewing experience. Stream on up to three devices simultaneously, whether on your phone, tablet, laptop, or TV using Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Samsung TV, Android TV, Vizio TV, or Chromecast.

Philo is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Cambridge, MA. Our leadership team includes a co-founder of Facebook and alums from Meraki and HBO, backed by NEA and industry partners like Discovery, Viacom, AMC, and A&E.

Join us at Philo and be part of a team that’s shaping the future of TV!

Status: Full-time
Location: San Francisco, CA, Cambridge, MA, New York, NY or remote within the U.S.
Compensation: Includes annual salary between $162K - $210K depending on experience and location, company stock options and health benefits

We value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives. Philo is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that everyone does their best work when they are supported by each other and the company, and we offer a generous set of benefits to make sure the Philo team is happy and healthy. Here is a sampling of the benefits we offer our team:

• Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• 401(k) plan with employer contributions (we 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 (we pay you to take a two week vacation)
• $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, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco)
• Free Gympass subscription — an all-in-one corporate benefit that gives employees the largest selection of gyms, studios, classes, training and wellness apps
• Dog-friendly office
• And much more!

For California Residents: Philo’s CCPA Notice at Collection – Employees, Applicants, Owners, Directors, Officers and Contractors

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.