Senior Software Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 18 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Balanced offer with opportunities to innovate in software engineering and competitive pay but with the caveat of intensive on-site requirements.
- Engagement in innovative media tech projects.
- Competitive salary for senior engineers.
- Onsite requirement may limit flexibility.
Pros
- Involvement in innovative software projects for a high-reach platform.
- Opportunity to enhance skills in building scalable software solutions.
- Competitive salary aligned with industry standards for senior engineers.
Cons
- Intensive in-office presence might be restrictive for some.
- Potentially high-pressure environment with demanding timelines.
- Requires diverse technical skills across stacks which may deter some candidates.
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • On-site, 4-5 days a week
Good fit
- Senior engineers passionate about media and technology.
- Professionals who thrive in collaborative environments.
- Candidates ready to tackle complex software challenges.
Not recommended for
- Junior developers with limited experience.
- Job seekers seeking exclusive remote work.
- Individuals uncomfortable in high-demand environments.
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Senior Software Engineer
(Austin, TX)
About Atmosphere:
Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform built specifically for businesses. Unlike ad networks or signage companies, Atmosphere is the only true TV company whose first priority is to entertain television audiences outside of the home. Our content is designed to be fun, engaging, and worth watching, transforming waiting rooms, gyms, bars, and restaurants into better experiences for customers and better businesses for owners.
We are the first and only company to think about both the business owner and their customers when creating TV content. With 60,000+ venues and a global audience of over 150 million monthly viewers, Atmosphere is redefining what TV means outside the living room.
About the Role:
We’re currently looking for a highly motivated experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team focused on our cutting edge out-of-home content delivery technology. From content encoding and custom hardware development to advertising demand acquisition and customer interfaces – we build the technology stack that streams content to 65k+ businesses across the planet to over 150 million monthly viewers. If you’re the right candidate, you typically seek out challenges and are intrinsically motivated to solve customer-centric problems with novel technology solutions. It's important that this person is able to efficiently work with the team to ensure we have high implementation quality, strong engineering culture, and a quality mindset. The individual should bring a passion for building fantastic solutions and be willing to play a variety of roles as emergent demands drive the next opportunities for the team.
This position will report to the Director of Engineering, and is on-site in Austin, TX! Availability to be in-office 4-5 days a week is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be intrinsically motivated, naturally curious, and enjoy seeking out new problems. Drive novel solutions with groups of other engineers.
- Lead significant technical system architecture and major feature implementations across the entire technology stack (TV and mobile clients, backends/APIs, web interfaces, etc.)
- Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders (product, design, data, customer support, sales, content etc…) to design and deliver robust/reliable software solutions to business problems
- Leverage excellent technical skills to improve code and uplevel those around you
- Collaborate with other engineers and figure out how to make us better/faster/stronger
- Champion best practices, developing engineering culture, and have influence outside your direct team within the engineering organization.
- Design and implement features with a full-stack perspective, understanding the dependencies and interactions between different parts of the system.
Requirements:
- Bias towards simplicity
- Computer Science degree or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- 4+ years in delivering world-class customer-facing software products
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and system design
- Experience with full-stack development methodologies and a deep understanding of how different components of a system interact
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to leverage AI tools and technologies to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience building high scale backend applications using Typscript/NestJS, PHP/Laravel or similar frameworks
- Experience developing native applications for TV (tvOS / Android TV) and/or mobile (iOS / Android) platforms using Kotlin, Java, or Swift
- Familiar with key video technologies: codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1), streaming protocols (HLS, DASH), cloud-based video platforms (e.g., AWS Elemental), and ad insertion techniques like SSAI/CSAI
- Experienced in cloud native system design and workload orchestration. Especially AWS ECS Fargate and Lambda.
- Experience with modern frontend technologies (Vue3, Tailwind)
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Company Equity
- Company 401(k) with employer matching
- Competitive insurance plans
- Flexible Time Off Policy
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and underrepresented groups often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet all the criteria. At Atmosphere, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where creativity, innovation, and teamwork matter most. If you're passionate about this role but your experience doesn't check every box, we still want to hear from you. You might just be the right fit for this or another role on our team.
