Senior Software Engineer Web (Player)
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14 hours ago
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Job Summary
Job Summary:As a Senior Software Engineer youll build a world-class platform for our customers by solving complex technical problems and building systems that run at scale. You will play a critical role in developing code and solving problems independently while shaping our next-gen solutions that drive our companys mission forward. We seek candidates with a passion for crafting elegant code and building innovative software solutions.
About the team:Join our Player team to build and optimize world-class video playback experiences for millions of users on Desktop browsers Smart TVs (like webOS Tizen and VIDAA) Mobile browsers etc. If youre passionate about streaming technology and delivering smooth high-quality playback join us!
Key responsibilities:
- Architecture & Design: Lead the design of complex front-end systems using modern frameworks ( and Typescript preferred) and state management libraries.
- Performance Engineering: Optimize web applications for maximum speed scalability and Core Web Vitals. Optimize startup time rebuffering memory usage and rendering performancePFR startup time errors and engagement.
- Cross Browser: Ensure a seamless experience across desktop browsers mobile web and Smart TV web platforms (Tizen webOS).
- Mentorship: Conduct rigorous code reviews and mentor junior/mid-level engineers on best practices and design patterns.
- Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate wireframes into high-quality reusable components.
- Streaming: Integrate player UI with video playback engines (HTML5 MSE EME).
- Analytics & QoS: Design and integrate analytics and observability frameworks to track key metrics such as startup time buffering ratio rebuffer frequency bitrate switches/drops playback failures and user engagement enabling data-driven performance optimization and rollout decisions.
- Triaging Production issues: Ability to debug and resolve production issues under pressure demonstrating a strong ownership mindset with a bias for performance and reliability and delivering timely fixes that minimize customer impact.
- Security Compliance: Strong understanding of web security best practices including XSS prevention CSP CORS secure media playback and DRM-related attack vectors.
Skills and attributes for success:
- 4 years of professional experience in modern web development.
- Expert-level knowledge of TypeScript React/ and CSS-in-JS (styled-components/Tailwind).
- Deep hands-on experience with HTML5 video players and SDKs such as Shaka Player and including customization of UI buffering logic error handling and ABR behavior.
- Protocols: Expert knowledge of HLS and MPEG-DASH including manifest structure segmenting DRM and adaptive bitrate.
- Hands-on experience with modern build systems (Webpack Vite Rollup) CI/CD pipelines and automated testing (Jest React Testing Library Playwright) ensuring high-quality A/B experiments and production-ready releases.
Preferred education and experience:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 4 years of Web development experience.
About Us
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 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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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
JioStar combines the power of Reliance’s Viacom18 and Disney Star, delivering unmatched entertainment with 120+ TV channels and two leading streaming platforms. Explore a new era of content with JioStar.
