Job description
Engineering Manager
Company Overview
Bitmovin is the Emmy award-winning category leader in video streaming infrastructure. The company has been at the forefront of industry innovation and all major developments in the online video streaming industry. Bitmovin built the world’s first commercial adaptive streaming player and deployed the first software-defined encoding service that runs on any cloud platform. Its cloud-native technology offers the most flexible and scalable media encoding, playback, and analytics solutions available, with unparalleled device reach, ease of integration, and world-class customer support. Today, the company’s solutions are used by over 400 customers worldwide, including the BBC, ClassPass, Discovery, fuboTV, Hulu and many more. For more information, visit www.bitmovin.com.
Job Summary
Passionate about building high performing teams? Coaching Frameworks? Can you coach/manage software engineers focussed on backend technologies or cloud architectures? Bitmovin is seeking a passionate leader to join our VOD Encoding team as Engineering Manager. Our focus lies in building the Bitmovin Video Encoding service, a highly distributed system designed to encode videos seamlessly across various platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Work alongside a highly motivated team with a strong culture of knowledge-sharing and continuous learning.
- Guide the team in delivering high-quality and thoroughly tested code.
- Stay updated on leadership trends, industry shifts, emerging technologies, and software development best practices, engaging in discussions with your peers.
- Engage with a modern tech stack including C++, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK Stack, SonarQube, and CircleCI.
- Participate in all stages of development, from product ideation through architecture and execution.
- Explore diverse career opportunities and experience continuous growth within our dynamic environment.
- Coach and mentor your team to execute according to agreed-upon standards.
- Drive evolution in team standards through impactful retrospective meetings.
- Foster personal and professional growth for every team member.
- Support the team in delivering high-quality and thoroughly tested code in an agile manner.
- Contribute to extending and enhancing our monitoring/alerting systems and building robust CI/CD systems.
- Stay ahead by continually evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry shifts, emerging technologies, and software development best practices.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Experience in leading backend development teams.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor teams and individuals to achieve exceptional results.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
- Effective problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- A positive and resilient attitude, even when facing challenges.
- Passion for software craftsmanship, adherence to best practices, design patterns, automated testing, and clean code.
Location
Berlin, Germany, Remote: false
Application Process
Ready to lead the charge at Bitmovin? Apply now and join us in making a difference!
