Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Job description

About the Role: We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong organizational influence. This role operates beyond individual service ownership and requires demonstrated impact across teams, domains, and large-scale distributed systems. This is a hybrid role based out of either our SF or NYC office. You must be willing to travel to our SF or NYC office 3 days/week. What You'll Do: - Define and drive architectural direction across multiple services and teams - Lead the design and evolution of distributed systems - Ensure systems are built for long-term scalability, resilience, observability, and security - Drive cross-team technical alignment across client, infrastructure, product, ads, and content organizations - Mentor senior engineers and elevate engineering standards across the team - Own critical system design decisions that impact multiple platforms - Contribute to domain leadership in areas such as Linear systems, EPG platforms, or time-based content architectures (preferred) - Shape and evolve Tubi’s backend development practices, including AI-native engineering workflows - Flexibility to support business-critical needs outside...