Angel is the home of stories that amplify light. Through its platform, thousands of “Angel” investors choose which titles will be created, funded, and distributed. Angel allows creators and audiences to form passionate communities around their creative projects, making the story behind the story as important as the final project itself. Some of the studio's key projects-- The Sound of Freedom and Dry Bar Comedy --have earned billions of views around the world. Learn more at

We’re looking for passionate team members who want to build world-class products that will reshape media over the coming decades. Learn more about:

Join us and be part of stories that amplify light.

Angel is changing the future of American entertainment and is one of the fastest-growing Distributors in America. Our rapidly expanding library of light-amplifying stories has grown 10x in under 2 years. Gone is the old model where the deepest pockets pick the stories we share. Angel restores choice to our 1.5+ million guild members and growing who decide what we produce, what we take to theaters, and most importantly what parents bring to their homes. Check out

Why Join Angel?

• High-Growth Company: Angel is one of the fastest-growing media companies, with record-breaking independent theatrical releases and millions of streaming users worldwide. See our
• Massive Impact: Your work will shape how audiences experience the stories they love—and help amplify light around the globe.
• Extreme Ownership: We are a team of owners and entrepreneurs. This is your chance to operate like a startup founder inside a fast-scaling media company.
• Mission-Driven Culture: We strive to amplify light in everything we do. Join a team that deeply cares about the impact of the stories we tell.
• Future of Streaming: Help build a streaming platform that competes with giants—without playing by their rules.

What You’ll Do

• Own the Streaming API: Lead end-to-end design strategy and execution for Angel Studios streaming API powering our apps—mobile, TV, and web.
• Act Like a Founder: Take extreme ownership of outcomes. Operate as if this were your own startup inside Angel Studios.
• Shift the Industry: Drive experimentation, iteration, and rapid feedback with stakeholders. Get impactful features in the hands of devs and users quickly.
• Radiate Your Domain: Clarify designs and plans for others to maximize collaboration opportunities. Radiate critical info for external teams and other business decisions.
• Prioritize The Best: Focus on the highest-leverage opportunities. Cut what doesn’t matter, deliver what does.
• Collaborate Without Barrier: Plan, prioritize and work with other teams to ensure smooth adoption of your team’s APIs. Build trust and confidence in your team’s systems.
• Execute End-to-End: Leverage testing, data, customer feedback, and intuition to make confidence changes that impact stakeholders across all levels of the tech stack.
• Build Regardless: Thrive in ambiguity. Solve problems creatively with limited resources. Wrestle root issues to the ground.

What Success Looks Like

• Teams love using the systems you built, and innovate freely on top of them.
• Discovery is effortless and intuitive, making it easy for other teams to use your APIs
• Scalability and resilience of your services is a given, everyone can depend on them.
• Your solutions open doors to new horizons, building a platform that raises all ships.
• Your system’s data integrity and useability, as well as data security all have a reputation of being rock solid. 

What You’ll Need

• A disposition for disrupting one of America’s longest-standing and exclusive industries.
• 7+ years experience writing high-performance reusable code.
• Expert level knowledge within our chosen tech-stack:
• React
• GraphQL/REST/Protobuf/HTTPs
• RabbitMQ
• Github Actions/Docker/Kubernetes
• S3/Postgres/Redis
• Otel/Datadog
• Expertise with Cloud-native architectures (microservices, eventing, etc.)
• Expertise with DevOps principles (CI/CD, Flow optimization, collaboration, ownership, ect.)
• Expertise in systems thinking principles (Kanban, pull systems, handoffs, TQM, ect…)
• Passion for careful design & architectural planning that leads to a codebase that is future-prepped and maintainable.
• Proactivity working in a dynamic environment with a high variety of users and ever-evolving requirements.


Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

$121,000 - $165,000 a year

- Competitive compensation

- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents

- Short, and Long Term Disability Insurance and Basic Life Insurance paid for employee, with option of additional AD&D insurance

- Generous Paid Time Off

- Health Spending Account (HSA)

- 401(k) investment opportunity with employer match

- Paid parental leave

- Identity Theft Insurance

- Pet Insurance

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

At Angel, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.