Software Engineering Technical Lead (Samsung TV Plus)

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Los Angeles, CA
175K-215K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Hardware • Mobile • Software • Semiconductor
The Role
As a Software Engineering Technical Lead, you'll mentor a small backend team, architect and deploy back-end service components, debug production issues, and conduct engineering activities within an agile environment, all while supporting media streaming solutions for Samsung TV Plus.
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Position Summary

Overview:
Samsung Electronics America’s North American Service Business is tasked with building consumer services at a global scale. Driving growth in ad based services, and streaming compelling media to all Samsung screens ( TVs, phones, tablets, web, etc. ). This backend engineer will be architecting, coding, and deploying modules to our existing AWS backend for TV Plus. They will also provide technical mentorship and leadership to a backend team and help architect solutions for upcoming media streaming projects. The right candidate will have a high degree of technical proficiency and the patience and willingness to share it with others.

Role and Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

  • Perform as a technical mentor and individual contributor of a small, distributed team of software engineers in an ever-changing corporate environment.
  • Implement back-end service components, tasks, and architecture to support TV Plus server-side ad insertion, linearization, ad markers, session management, etc.
  • Work in an agile, task-based environment (I hope you like Jira!) to conduct engineering activities, projects, research, and/or operational tests in conformance to functional specifications, design requirements, operational capacities, and customer performance expectations.
  • Debug production issues raised by customers and customer support teams, isolate the cause, and work towards a fix.
  • Participate in meetings with other engineering staff and stakeholders to work towards ideal solutions, and develop a deep understanding of requirements to help break them down into engineering tasks.
  • Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Skills and Qualifications

The Stack

  • Strong proficiency in Golang and Python is an absolute requirement for back-end development; some occasional front end work may be required, primarily in Node.js. DB management through Mongo.
  • Primarily OSX/Mac development machines, with Unix-based (Linux) deployment
  • Deployment via Git, Github Actions, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, and other AWS infrastructure
  • Monitoring using CloudWatch, DataDog
  • Usage of various AWS Elemental products (MediaConnect, MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaTailor)
     

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software development experience in a large-scale production environment
  • Bachelors/Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field
  • Experience working in HLS streaming or with video tools is a plus.
  • Positive attitude, highly flexible, and self-motivated
  • Able to communicate complex technical matters to an audience of equal or higher technical competency.
  • Strong understanding of security compliance
  • Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
  • Ability to debug unfamiliar distributed architectures and isolate problems
  • Ability to deliver and accept feedback on code and design
  • Experience in writing unit and integration tests.
  • Experience in continuous integration/deployment preferred
  • Highly detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively with partners in different cultures and geographies 
  • Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
  • Highly detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
  • Normally receives general instructions on routine work with detailed instructions on new projects or assignments

Compensation for this role, for candidates based in Los Angeles, CA, is expected to be between $175,000 ~ $215,000.  Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.
 

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.
 

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The Company
Austin, TX
145,454 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1969

What We Do

Samsung Electronics is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. Samsung is also leading in the Internet of Things space through, among others, our Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives.

Since being established in 1969, Samsung Electronics has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies, and become recognized as one of the top 10 global brands. Our network now extends across the world, and Samsung takes great pride in the creativity and diversity of its talented people, who drive our growth.

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