Cosm · 8 hours ago
Software Engineer, Backend
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$105K/yr - $140K/yr
4+ years expCosm is a global technology company that brings experiences to life in immersive environments. They are looking for a talented Software Engineer, Backend to help architect, design, and build distributed micro-services in the cloud that power their products.
ContentInformation TechnologyMedia and EntertainmentSoftwareVideo
Responsibilities
Help define code quality guidelines and standards, participate in code reviews and ensure that all solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications
Architect, design and build robust micro-service based applications
Act as subject matter expert and escalation point for the day-to-day operational activities across the landscape of applications utilized by the business
Work closely with product and design to develop compelling cross-platform end-to-end experiences across multiple features and products
Automate repetitive and complex tasks by developing tools and processes that our team can rely on for daily development, testing, and release management
Participate in architectural, design and product sessions
Growing the platform to millions of concurrent users through solid architecture choices and design principles
Leverage automation and git-ops tools for change control, repeatable environments and “infrastructure as code” to provision and manage cloud deployments
Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the Engineering and Executive teams
Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies
Exemplify excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to deftly tailor technical communications to any audience
Push the limits, try new technologies, take calculated risks, swing for the fences and proactively search for the best solutions and ideas in the marketplace
Qualification
Required
4-5 years of relevant experience as a Software Engineer
2+ years experience as a Backend Engineer
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Expertise with Rust, Node.js (Typescript preferred), Go, Python, Java or Ruby
Experience in container based (docker/kubernetes) and serverless (lambda, OpenFaaS, etc..) solutions
2+ years experience working with NOSQL and SQL database systems
Experience with workflow, message broker and queuing systems (Temporal, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc)
Demonstrated expertise in developing, releasing, and maintaining large-scale software applications
Informed opinions on API design and library development as an author and a developer but always willing to listen to differing opinions
Driven to automate your processes, test continually, and document your work
Thrives in an open, candid, and respectful work environment
Preferred
Experience with React, Vue, Angular or other modern javascript frameworks
Familiar with cloud orchestration solutions like Pulumi, Terraform or CloudFormation
Knowledge of Unity/Unreal or similar game engines
Experience with Streaming (ex: FFMPEG, Ngnix, Wowza, knowledge of codec and streaming protocols)
Passion for video live-streaming, sports and entertainment
Company
Cosm
Cosm is a media and entertainment company that builds end-to-end experience solutions for the technology and entertainment sectors.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$250M2024-07-31Series Unknown· $250M
Leadership Team
Jeb Terry
President/Co-founder and CEO
Neil S. Carty
Vice President, Head of Brand & Community
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