Head of Product Engineering

August 4

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The distribution platform for streaming channels to license unlimited ready-to-stream titles from filmmakers worldwide.

Video-on-Demand (VOD) Distribution • Content Aggregation • Film & TV Distribution • Film Distribution

2 - 10

💰 $6.8M Seed Round on 2022-01

Description

• As Filmhub’s Head of Engineering, you will join a team changing how the film industry works. • You will work closely with our founders, Klaus Badelt (CTO) and Alan d’Escragnolle (CEO), to build the first online platform for the entire film distribution process. • Your contributions will be crucial in developing stunning movie listings, creating a dynamic marketplace, optimizing search functionalities, enhancing digital video workflows, and implementing machine learning & AI solutions. • As the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for shaping our engineering strategy, leading a global team of engineering managers and engineers, and building a structured team of “pods.” • We seek a process-oriented, metrics-driven leader with an entrepreneurial mindset. At Filmhub, we prioritize developer experience, embrace cutting-edge frameworks and tools, and ensure rapid deployments.

Requirements

• 6+ years of engineering experience, including at least two years in leadership, managing engineers, building scrappy teams from scratch, and scaling products. • Experience in Scaling Tech Startups: A solid track record of leading and scaling engineering teams at startups. • Excellent technical acumen: You're excited to ship code as you ramp up to understand our technology stack and build empathy with our engineers. • You are passionate about building a product and business that transforms the film industry. • You're highly motivated by the prospect of assembling and nurturing a high-performing team: identifying and recruiting top talent, fostering a collaborative environment, and developing team members' skills and careers. • You see your purpose as helping each engineer reach their full potential. • You can both “lead” and “do.” • You are ambitious, scrappy, tenacious, and you get things done • You are comfortable making hard decisions and move quickly • You are noted as one of the best problem solvers in your organization • Experience and expertise with modern frontend frameworks (React, NextJS), backend technologies (serverless, SQL) • Video technologies and tools (FFmpeg, streaming, codecs, CDNs) is a plus • Infrastructure and operations experience and expertise, preferably both cloud and Jamstack. • Familiarity with core Amazon Web Services products. AWS certification is a bonus.