Senior Software Development Engineer Backend (VX)
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Job Summary
Job Summary: As a Senior Software Engineer you will lead the design and development of core systems that drive JioStars advertising capabilities - from ad delivery and targeting to measurement and optimization. Youll own large-scale projects end to end operate with autonomy and play a key role in shaping the architecture and future direction of our high-throughput low-latency systems. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive on solving hard distributed systems problems and mentoring others toward engineering excellence.
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 journeyfrom first app launch to daily habit loopsacross 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 youre passionate about building immersive intelligent and performant user experiences that delight a billion users join us in shaping the future of streaming.
Key responsibilities
- Design and build scalable resilient microservices that power JioStars ad tech stack
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex backend projects from technical design to deployment and monitoring
- Write high-quality maintainable code and ensure rigorous testing and fault tolerance
- Drive architectural decisions and influence long-term engineering strategy for the team
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers Data Scientists and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into tech solutions
- Take ownership of operational excellence including performance tuning incident response and root cause analysis
- Mentor junior engineers conduct technical deep dives and code reviews and foster a culture of knowledge sharing
Skills and attributes for success:
- Proficiency in Java Golang or Python
- Experience designing and building distributed systems at scale
- Strong understanding of storage systems query performance and caching strategies
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) messaging systems (Kafka) and CI/CD pipelines
- Proven ability to work autonomously prioritize tasks and manage delivery timelines in fast-paced environments
- You are passionate about growing engineers and leading by example
- Curious about how advertising systems work and how to optimize them for user and business outcomes
Preferred education and experience:
- Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field with 46 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.
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Key Skills
- Children Activity
- Design
- Account Management
- Apache Commons
- ERP
- 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.
