Software Development Engineer II (Backend) Cricinfo
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17 hours ago
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Job Summary
Job Summary:As a Software Development Engineer II you will play a key role in building Cricinfos next-generation customer portal and core systems that operate at massive scale. Your work will power the Cricinfo website mobile apps and backend services that serve hundreds of millions of cricket fans worldwide.
You will design build and maintain distributed systems that deliver seamless and reliable experiences across our digital and broadcast platforms. Beyond fan-facing experiences your work will also enable the editorial and commentary teams behind Cricinfos global coverage.
This role demands strong technical expertise deep ownership and a focus on operational excellence to ensure our systems perform flawlessly at global scale.
About the Team: The Cricinfo & Sports Experience team is redefining how fans experience sports. We blend rich stats social features and fandom layers to go beyond passive viewing making JioHotstar a destination for passionate sports communities. Whether its live match stats fan polls or community hubs we are creating the next evolution of connected sports experiences.
Key responsibilities:
- Design build and maintain scalable services and APIs using Go and related technologies.
- Contribute to multi-language systems integrating components written in Go and Python where appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with product managers designers and other engineers to translate business problems into pragmatic technical solutions.
- Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews to ensure reliability performance and maintainability.
- Write efficient well-tested and reusable code with a focus on quality observability and operational excellence.
- Identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance at scale.
- Take ownership of feature delivery from design through deployment and production monitoring.
Skills and attributes for success:
- Strong programming fundamentals with professional experience in and Golang.
- Working knowledge of Python or willingness to learn it for cross-language integration tasks.
- Comfort working in a multi-language environment with a code-is-code mindset rather than attachment to specific stacks.
- Solid understanding of API design distributed systems and modern cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Ability to reason about trade-offs and make data-driven engineering decisions focused on business value.
- Strong debugging and performance profiling skills across multiple environments.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities; thrives in a cross-functional and remote-friendly setup.
- Growth mindset - adaptable curious and driven to continuously improve.
Preferred education and experience:
- Bachelors/masters in computer science or a related field with 2-4 years of professional experience as a software developer with hands-on experience with TypeScript.
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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Key Skills
- Account Payable
- Apache Commons
- Community Support
- Corporate Risk Management
- Garment
- Java
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.
