Principal Software Engineer

Job Summary :

You'll join a hardworking group of engineers who build and manage systems that publish data to Hulu’s internal and edge-facing services - ultimately powering Hulu clients running on smart TVs, smartphones, gaming consoles, FireTV, Apple TV, Roku, and others.

We're passionate about data - just like you! You'll apply your experience with database technologies to construct distributed, large-scale services.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role :

Work with product stakeholders to design solutions related to the discovery of content for Hulu viewers

Work with engineering stakeholders to design resilient, scalable architectures that span many teams and services.

Work with engineering teams to execute on your designs and contribute the solutions of others

Lead engineering teams in the execution of your solutions

Mentor individual engineers with the aim of growing technical and domain expertise

Make a case for your ideas by presenting to engineering and product stakeholders

Manage a broad set of work and provide clear information to stakeholders on the status of your efforts

Basic Qualifications :

Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages, and a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases,

Strong architectural design capabilities

A pragmatic approach to execution that focuses on frequently delivering value to Hulu’s viewers

Strong discipline to delegate work and focus on solving management problems

Strong verbal / written communication and data presentation skills

A broad perspective on problem-solving

An ability to work both independently and collaboratively

10+ years of experience crafting large-scale, highly available Java services utilizing various database and messaging technologies

Experience designing complex, broad system architectures

Experience operating highly critical production services

Experience establishing and maintaining observability best practices

Experience designing systems for three 9s resiliency

Deep experience building on AWS

Experience deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure.

Experience managing heavy data including ingesting, cleansing, validation, and analysis

Experience with tools and methodologies for identifying patterns in data

Deep experience with data systems including databases, messaging systems, distributed data computing and analytics such as Spark, Flink, Hadoop, EMR

Preferred experience directly managing and mentoring a team

Required Education :

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and / or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $197,900 to $265,400 per year, in Seattle or New York is $189,300, to $253,800 per year and in Santa Monica is $180,700 to $242,300 per year.

The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

A bonus and / or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.