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Tubi

Ad-supported free movie and TV streaming

Director – Software Engineering

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeToronto, ON, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of industry experience in software engineering, with a strong record of building production systems at scale.
  • At least 5 years of leadership and management experience, including managing managers, with the ability to build and lead strong technical teams while remaining hands-on.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, services, infrastructure management, reliability, and resiliency.
  • Experience leading teams that have shipped both a partner-facing product and a low-latency, highly available read path.
  • Experience building and operating integrations with external partners, including feed specifications, delivery service-level agreements, and partner-facing tooling.
  • Experience with production-grade artificial intelligence automation and the teams and organizational rhythms required to build and operate it.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence product and technical strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, build, and grow a software engineering organization of managers and engineers across Content Onboarding and Content Delivery, fostering technical excellence, ownership, and rapid iteration.
  • Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for Content Onboarding, covering Creator Portal, technical foundations, product experience, third-party integrations with content partners, and automated onboarding, ingestion, and quality assurance of partner and creator content.
  • Reduce latency and improve reliability of content metadata availability for all Tubi services by partnering with Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure teams to deliver a next-generation content catalog to the viewer hot path.
  • Own the content delivery infrastructure that serves images and video to viewers, including multi-CDN routing and image serving.
  • Stay hands-on by conducting deep dives into the stack, identifying platform refactors, and investing in foundations to support growth; prototype solutions, set technical direction through hands-on work, and lead by example.
  • Continuously monitor, evaluate, and optimize creator onboarding and delivery of the content catalog to Tubi and its partners.
  • Partner with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Data, and Content Acquisition to shape technical strategy, influence product and technical priorities, and drive engineering investments that deliver viewer and business impact.

About the Company

Tubi

Ad-supported free movie and TV streaming

Tubi provides free, on-demand streaming of movies and TV shows in the United States. It operates on an ad-supported model, meaning users can watch a wide library without paying a subscription, with revenue coming from video ads shown during playback. The service is targeted at budget-conscious viewers who prefer streaming to cable and want access to a broad catalog without fees. Tubi’s offering works by delivering licensed video content through an online platform and inserting advertisements to fund operations, letting users watch for free. Compared with paid streaming services, Tubi stands out as the leading free option in the U.S. market; its primary differentiators are zero subscription costs and an extensive ad-supported catalog. The company is focused on expanding beyond the U.S. by achieving GDPR compliance to re-launch in Europe, signaling a goal to grow its user base in new markets while maintaining free access funded by advertisers.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$75M
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2014

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