Staff Software Engineer, Platform

TuneIn (View all Jobs)

San Francisco

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Interview Process

1. High level screening over the phone or on-site 2. Take home project 3. Code review and discussion

Programming Languages Mentioned

C#, C++, SQL, Java, JavaScript


At TuneIn, we are reinventing radio for a connected world, with live sports, up-to-the-minute news, curated music, millions of podcasts, and over 120,000 streaming radio stations—streamed to tens of millions of customers through our mobile and web apps, and our unmatched platform of hundreds of consumer device and service integrations. From smartphone to smart speaker to electric car, TuneIn delivers live and on-demand audio from voices you trust wherever you want to listen.  

The Role
 
As a key member of the core platform engineering team, you will work directly with business and technical stakeholders to lead and execute a variety of projects including the exploration of new languages, tools, and technologies (such as Go, AWS Lambda, Aurora, Elastic Search, etc), building new APIs and microservices, migration of existing services and data stores to the cloud, personalization and many more. While working on these projects you will hold responsibility for full life-cycle management, including requirements analysis, technical design, implementation, testing, documentation, deployment to production, and postproduction ownership.
What You Will Do
  • Design and build services and applications for scale on the order of tens of millions of users, and optimize code for numerous platforms
  • Profile and optimize browse and search algorithms over large datasets
  • Contribute to architecture, design, and implementation of next-generation monetization and metadata delivery platform
  • Contribute to the development of new web and mobile applications and services.
  • Create technical specifications for new products, executing from start to finish and owning the quality of the service in production
  • Create and enhance integrations with external partners like Amazon, Microsoft, Sonos, Tesla, and Google
  • Maintain and extend heterogeneous environments, including our core .NET codebase and our set of services written in Go, Java, and Node.js
  • Maintain and extend API services, SDKs, and developer documentation
  • What We Are Looking For
  • Direct experience with modern web stacks, design, development, and deployment of high-volume web applications and APIs (millions of transactions per day)
  • Working knowledge of both relational and NoSQL database design and management (here at TuneIn we are using SQL Server, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, BerkeleyDB, Redshift, and more)
  • Expertise with object-oriented languages such as Go, C#, Java, or C++
  • History of building resilient, stateless, scalable, distributed and observable systems
  • Familiarity with microservices, and knowledge of modern cloud services (such as AWS or similar)
  • Working knowledge of presentation technologies, including XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Practical perspective on software engineering discipline, focus on learning and delivering, and passion for high quality
  • Great energy and enthusiasm with a positive, collaborative working style, clear communication, and writing skills.  Enthusiasm for audio content  preferred
  • Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree is preferred
  • Our Compensation & Benefits
  • TuneIn offers competitive salary, bonus, and equity compensation packages
  • We offer generous benefits, including 100% coverage of all health plans for employees and dependents regardless of which medical health plan you choose
  • Dental and Vision plan coverage
  • Flexible time off policy, plus 11 paid holidays (2022)
  • Extended holiday office closure (full weeks) for Independence Week, Thanksgiving, and end of year holidays
  • 401k Plan
  • Parental Leave
  • Wellness stipend
  • Technology stipend
  • Individual training and educational spending
  • Pet insurance
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    About TuneIn

    TuneIn, the world’s leading live streaming service, brings together live sports, news, music, podcasts, and radio from around the globe. With more than 80 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the most widely used streaming audio platforms in the world. TuneIn broadcasts over 100,000 owned & operated and partner radio stations and boasts more than 5.7 million podcasts. With premiere distribution across 200 platforms and connected devices, TuneIn empowers listeners to ‘hear’ what they love wherever ‘here’ might be. TuneIn Premium subscribers get exclusive access to commercial-free news from top networks like CNN, Fox News Radio, MSNBC, CNBC, and Bloomberg, as well as live NFL, NHL, and college sports programming, and commercial-free music channels. For more information, please visit us at www.tunein.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

    Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

    We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within TuneIn. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.

    We Grow Our Team Utilizing Transparency and Trust 

    TuneIn is hiring for many amazing opportunities! We are always thrilled when people apply to our opportunities. Often, we reach out directly to candidates. TuneIn's Recruitment engagement means you'll get an email from the tunein.com domain. We do not use any other domains to conduct recruitment efforts. A member of our People Team will speak with you or will meet with you and we never use the Wire app to conduct interviews. We will also never send you messages asking you for personal or financial information. Use caution when the identity of someone contacting you cannot be linked directly to the tunein.com domain. If you've been the victim of a scam, report it to your local law enforcement. If you feel targeted by a fraudster or someone impersonating a TuneIn team member on LinkedIn, please contact LinkedIn directly here, or send us an email at job-offer-scam@tunein.com

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