# Senior Engineering Manager, Video Enablement

**Company:** [GameChanger](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gamechanger)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $205k – $235k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, video streaming, audio streaming, live streaming, video on demand, video transcoding, video playback, Go, Rust, C#, Node.js, TypeScript, React, Kotlin, Swift
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads a full-stack video enablement team responsible for live streaming, VOD capabilities, device integrations, and scalable video infrastructure. The role combines people management, technical leadership, architecture, and cross-functional roadmap execution in a remote-first environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with the Director of Video Engineering, product management, and cross-functional teams to shape and execute the video streaming roadmap.
- Lead the Video Enablement team through the design, build, and support of core video capabilities, including third-party device integrations, mobile-first live streaming and capture, ingest, transcoding, storage, and playback.
- Measure and improve live and VOD streaming experiences using data and user empathy.
- Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing team of mobile, backend, and infrastructure engineers.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership through code review, occasional development, solutions architecture, and mentorship.
- Partner with infrastructure teams to maintain a resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient video pipeline in AWS.
- Enable product feature and computer vision teams to build on video infrastructure through clear interfaces, documentation, and collaboration.
- Participate in production incident response and support the team when needed.

## Requirements
- Strong background in video and audio streaming, including user-generated content and live-streaming technologies.
- Proven record of delivering projects in video streaming.
- Collaborative leadership style with strong listening, communication, and influencing skills.
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles and cloud architecture in resilient, scalable video infrastructure environments.
- Strategic thinking and ability to contribute to long-term engineering vision.
- Comfortable operating as a player-coach and mentoring senior and staff engineers.
- Experience with AWS.
- Familiarity with coding languages common in the video space, such as Go, Rust, or C#, is a plus.
- Familiarity with Node.js, TypeScript, React, Kotlin, or Swift is a plus.

## Work Environment and Benefits
- Fully remote work throughout the US or work from the Manhattan, NY office.
- Unlimited vacation policy.
- Paid volunteer opportunities.
- $4,000 technology stipend every two years after starting.
- $500 annual work-from-home stipend.
- $500 annual learning stipend.
- Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipend.
- Monthly lifestyle stipend.
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and dependent coverage.
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with immediate company match.
- Basic, supplemental, and dependent life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Company-paid parental leave.

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