Engineering Lead - Video Streaming Platform (NA/LATAM-FT)

Role Overview

We are seeking a dynamic Engineering Lead to take charge of the technical development of an innovative consumer platform that integrates video streaming, community engagement, memberships, rewards, and ecommerce. The platform is in its development phase with a dedicated engineering team in place. Your role will be pivotal in validating the current technical strategies, leading architectural decisions, writing production code, and expanding the engineering team through the MVP phase.

Responsibilities

• Validate and manage the technical architecture encompassing streaming, community features, memberships, rewards, user accounts, and ecommerce.
• Translate product requirements into detailed technical specifications, milestones, and implementation plans.
• Actively write and review high-quality code across the platform.
• Design and enhance the PostgreSQL data model, Supabase architecture, authentication, permissions, and Row-Level Security.
• Develop systems for subscriptions, membership entitlements, watch-progress tracking, rewards, and user accounts.
• Lead the integration of video streaming functionalities, including secure playback, content access, events, and analytics.
• Integrate Shopify APIs for customer data, orders, and commerce workflows.
• Manage payment and subscription workflows using Stripe or similar billing systems.
• Establish engineering standards for code review, testing, documentation, CI/CD, security, and development environments.
• Identify and communicate technical risks and tradeoffs to product and business stakeholders.
• Evaluate, hire, onboard, and mentor new engineers as the team expands.

Required Skills

• Extensive experience with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Strong background in PostgreSQL and relational data modeling.
• Proven track record in building or scaling a production video streaming platform or similar video-centric consumer products.
• Experience with video systems such as playback, secure delivery, entitlements, and analytics.
• Expertise in architecting and launching consumer-facing or SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with authentication, authorization, permissions, subscriptions, and user entitlements.
• Proficiency in integrating APIs, webhooks, third-party services, and event-driven workflows.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience, including architecture ownership, code review, mentoring, and engineering planning.
• Ability to remain hands-on while leading a remote engineering team.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Mux, HLS, DRM, OTT platforms, and secure video delivery.
• Familiarity with Supabase, including PostgreSQL Row-Level Security.
• Experience with Shopify Plus, Storefront APIs, and headless commerce.
• Knowledge of Stripe Billing or other subscription platforms.
• Background in building social or community features such as profiles, feeds, comments, and real-time functionality.
• Experience with rewards, points, gamification, or ledger-based systems.
• Familiarity with Vercel and Cloudflare.
• Experience in developing consumer entertainment, media, creator, fandom, or subscription products.