Job Title: Staff Software Development Engineer Department, Level: Viewer Experience, X31 Location: Onsite, Bangalore Work Type: Full time Job Summary: As a Staff Software Engineer, you will demonstrate strong independence and technical proficiency while collaborating effectively within the team. You will uphold a standard of excellence, ensuring high-quality work and timely delivery of projects. Additionally, you will serve as the functional lead within your domain, providing guidance and expertise to team members. About the Team: At JioHotstar, the Viewer Experience (VX) org is at the heart of how millions discover, engage with, and fall in love with our platform. We own the end-to-end user journey—from first app launch to daily habit loops—across Search, Personalization, Watch Experience, Interactivity, and more. We blend world-class engineering, ML, design, and data to deliver a seamless, personalized, and engaging OTT experience at massive scale. If you're passionate about building immersive, intelligent, and performant user experiences that delight a billion users, join us in shaping the future of streaming. Key responsibilities ● Serves as the functional lead, possess deep knowledge of core systems and takes full responsibility for the team's code, design, and project delivery, ensuring high quality and on-time completion ● Tackles complex technical challenges independently for complex systems, demonstrating technical depth and proficiency in multiple programming languages ● Identify and address performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and areas for optimization ● Contribute to architectural discussions, propose innovative solutions, and evaluate trade-offs to make informed technical decisions ● Collaborate with product managers to decompose large projects into manageable tasks and prioritize work effectively ● Build the next-generation user experience and the platforms required to enable intuitive content discovery for our customers ● Work with the engineering team to optimize applications for performance and scalability across various platforms, Mobile, Web, and Living Room devices ● Provide mentorship and guidance to other developers Skills and attributes for success: ● Strong coding and designing skills (Java or Golang) ● Experience in building high-scale distributed domain-driven microservices ● Proficiency with databases like MySQL, NoSql (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB) ● Embrace new technologies and work with various tools and technologies to achieve the desired functionality ● Experience with AWS stacks like SQS, Dynamo DB, EKS, Aurora, etc. will be an added advantage ● Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues in production environments ● Communicate effectively with stakeholders and collaborate well within a team environment to achieve desired results Preferred education and experience: ● Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field with 7-9 years of experience in backend development About JioStar Perched at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies. JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected. Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies. JioStar India Private Limited (formerly known as Star India Private Limited) is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.

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