Senior Software Engineer

(Austin, TX)

About Atmosphere:
Atmosphere is the world’s #1 streaming service for businesses, offering 30+ channels of engaging, audio-optional TV. From news, sports and nature to viral videos, art and more, Atmosphere delivers fresh programming designed to elevate any business space. Our company was built from the ground up to create unparalleled value for advertisers and next-level entertainment for companies around the globe.
 

About the role:

We’re currently looking for a highly motivated experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team focused on our cutting edge out-of-home content delivery technology.  From content encoding and custom hardware development to advertising demand acquisition and customer interfaces – we build the technology stack that streams content to 65k+ businesses across the planet to over 150 million monthly viewers.  If you’re the right candidate, you typically seek out challenges and are intrinsically motivated to solve customer-centric problems with novel technology solutions.  It's important that this person is able to efficiently work with the team to ensure we have high implementation quality, strong engineering culture, and a quality mindset. The individual should bring a passion for building fantastic solutions and be willing to play a variety of roles as emergent demands drive the next opportunities for the team.

This position will report to the Director of Engineering, and is on-site in Austin, TX!  Availability to be in-office 4-5 days a week is required.
 

Role Responsibilities:

• Be intrinsically motivated, naturally curious, and enjoy seeking out new problems. Drive novel solutions with groups of other engineers.
• Lead significant technical system architecture and major feature implementations across the entire technology stack (TV and mobile clients, backends/APIs, web interfaces, etc.)
• Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders (product, design, data, customer support, sales, content etc…) to design and deliver robust/reliable software solutions to business problems
• Leverage excellent technical skills to improve code and uplevel those around you
• Collaborate with other engineers and figure out how to make us better/faster/stronger
• Champion best practices, developing engineering culture, and have influence outside your direct team within the engineering organization.
• Design and implement features with a full-stack perspective, understanding the dependencies and interactions between different parts of the system.

Requirements:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent demonstrated expertise
• 4+ years in delivering world-class customer-facing software products
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Experience with full-stack development methodologies and a deep understanding of how different components of a system interact
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Nice to haves:

• Experience developing native applications for TV (tvOS / Android TV) and/or mobile (iOS / Android) platforms using Kotlin, Java, or Swift
• Experience building high scale backend applications using Typscript/NestJS, PHP/Laravel or similar frameworks
• Familiar with key video technologies: codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, DASH), cloud-based video platforms (e.g., AWS Elemental), and ad insertion techniques like SSAI/CSAI
• Experienced in cloud native system design and workload orchestration
• Experience with modern frontend technologies (Vue3, Tailwind)

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Equity
• Competitive insurance plans
• Company 401(k) with employer matching
• Flexible Time Off Policy

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship now or in the future.