The Senior Software Development Engineer will design scalable microservices, write maintainable code, mentor juniors, and drive architectural decisions for backend projects.
Job Summary: As a Senior Software Development Engineer, you’ll 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 company's mission forward. We seek candidates with a passion for crafting elegant code and building innovative software solutions.
About the team: At JioHotstar, our Live Video Engineering team owns the end-to-end orchestration of live video production. We generate and manage live streams tailored to diverse business requirements, supporting millions of sports fans across India. Our responsibilities include ingesting feeds from stadiums or satellites and fanning them out based on monetization models, subscription tiers, and platform-specific needs.
If you're excited by the challenge of building ultra-low-latency systems at scale, learning continuously, and working on a product that’s at the heart of India’s live streaming experience—we’d love to talk. Join us and help shape the future of live streaming.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable, resilient microservices that power JioStar’s 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/master's in computer science or a related field with 4–6 years of experience in backend development
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.
Top Skills
AWS
Ci/Cd
Go
Java
Kafka
Python
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