AI-powered SaaS for media supply chain and content licensing operations
Whip Media operates a data and intelligence platform (Helix) for the media and entertainment industry, built on Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, and Kafka running on AWS Kubernetes. The company is actively investing in AI agents and gRPC-based service design while tackling legacy system modernization — a hiring mix split evenly between engineering and sales suggests a transition from pure product-led growth toward a more direct go-to-market motion as they scale enterprise workflows.
Notable leadership hires: Account Director
Whip Media is a SaaS platform for media and entertainment companies, operating across avails management, content licensing, contract management, title management, and revenue workflows. The Helix platform ingests and surfaces operational data to reduce content distribution friction and improve licensing profitability. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica and serves a global client base in media production, distribution, and streaming, with active hiring in the United States and United Kingdom focused on senior engineering and sales roles.
Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes (AWS EKS), and Go with gRPC and REST APIs. Python and JavaScript are also in the stack for data and frontend work.
Core focus areas include Helix platform services, AI agents on AWS, gRPC/REST API design, service deployment on AWS EKS, and workflow automation for engineering teams. They are also addressing legacy system modernization and streaming supply chain complexity.
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