Head of Data Engineering

Philo is a streaming service that combines cloud delivery, modern tech stacks, and machine learning to deliver TV experiences.

Data underpins everything we do, powering over a billion streams annually. The Data Engineering team builds robust, scalable infrastructure and analytics solutions that support critical business functions across our services.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision and technical strategy for data engineering and analytics engineering at Philo, setting the direction for how data is ingested, modeled, and delivered across the organization.
• Own the team’s roadmap, balancing strategic long‐term investments with near‐term stakeholder needs.
• Lead and grow the Data Engineering team, including hiring, career development, performance management, and supporting the team in generally thriving.
• Lead the design and implementation of Philo’s data platform architecture, including setting technical standards and best practices for data engineering and analytics engineering work.
• Collaborate with cross‐functional teams to understand data platform needs and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Build and maintain stakeholder trust in data and reporting — ensuring that business teams have reliable, well‐documented, and well‐understood data products.
• Design scalable data pipelines and infrastructure; drive technical decisions with a focus on long‐term sustainability.
• Implement data governance, security, and quality control processes as needed.
• Ultimately, deliver on the alchemy of transforming raw, messy application data into trusted business insight through scalable dimensional modeling and a metric layer that faithfully reflects product and customer behavior.

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience spanning data engineering and analytics engineering, ideally with a few years working on high‐volume data platforms.
• 4+ years of experience managing and leading data teams, with demonstrated experience owning both data engineering and analytics engineering functions at a prior organization.
• Deep expertise in modern data stack technologies, particularly AWS data services, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Airbyte, Python, and SQL.
• Deep expertise in analytics engineering, including dbt model design, dimensional modeling, and delivering trusted, business‐facing data products.
• Strong people management skills with experience providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance to direct reports.
• Track record of improving stakeholder trust in reporting and data quality across an organization.
• Strong track record of designing and implementing data platforms.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non‐technical stakeholders, simplifying complex data concepts for various business audiences.

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience in media/streaming industry with understanding of video delivery analytics and metrics.
• Demonstrated experience driving organizational alignment around data definitions, metrics, and a single source of truth.
• Experience with data governance and compliance requirements.
• Background in implementing data quality frameworks.

Location and Status

Full‐time. Locations: San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Cambridge, MA; or remote within the U.S.

Compensation

• San Francisco, New York City: $240 K–$275 K
• Boston, DC Metro, Los Angeles, Seattle: $225 K–$260 K
• Denver, Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Chicago: $215 K–$250 K
• Texas, Florida: $200 K–$235 K

Benefits

• Full health, dental and vision coverage for you and your family.
• 401(k) plan with employer contributions (we match 100% of deferrals up to 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay).
• Flexible working hours.
• Up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave.
• $2 000 annual vacation bonus.
• $5 250 annually for professional development and educational assistance.
• $1 250 annual home office + TV stipend during first year of employment ($250 annually thereafter).
• $500/month ($6 000/year) bonus for employees who commit to working at least 3 days per week in our offices, plus generous commuter benefits ($315/month towards transit, rideshare, bike rental, or parking at our HQ office in San Francisco).
• Free Gympass subscription.
• Dog‐friendly office.
• And much more.

Philo is an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation at any stage of the process, please email recruiting@philo.com.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.