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Senior Software Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
New York, United States
Work Regime
onsite
Employment
Full time
Experience
5+ years
Compensation
s position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actual
Posted
2026-03-17

Key Requirements

Required Skills

JavaLinuxPython

Domain Knowledge

  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Media
  • Medical

Requirements

● 5+ years of development, systems reliability, or performance optimization experience.

● Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related field

● Systems programming experience in C or C++.

● Fluency in scaling HTTP, caching and networking protocols.

● A strong foundation in streaming video and content distribution.

● Proven experience building highly performant, stable systems.

Responsibilities

● Design and implement caching software for the delivery of streaming media and API responses.

● Optimize caching performance through scale testing and system hardware/software design

● Employ the Software Development Lifecycle to gather requirements, gain consensus on design, create robust implementations, and validate through automated testing.

● Create and manage mechanisms to collect metrics and synthesize meaningful insights with that data.

● Follow best practices to write documentation, tests, and code.

● Participate in peer reviews of code and design documentation both as author and reviewer.