SSDE II - Backend Engineer, JioCinema

Our engineering team defines the technical architecture and drives itself to build systems that serve billions of requests per day, cosmic scales of video content streamed every day, with ultra-low latency design and high reliability. We make sure every byte of video content gets to millions of viewers, at the highest quality possible. We are growing fast and looking for talented Engineers who are up for one of the biggest yet outcomes in the video streaming business as we gun to be the primary destination for digital first entertainment in India and make JioCinema accessible to every Indian.

What will you do ?

• Design and develop highly scalable and efficient backend systems that support our advanced ad tech products.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering teams to deliver seamless ad solutions.
• Innovate: Bring new ideas to the table and take ownership of projects that drive innovation in the ad tech space.
• Optimize: Continuously monitor and improve system performance, ensuring high availability and low latency.
• Scale: Develop and maintain data pipelines and services that handle massive volumes of data, ensuring they scale with our growing user base.

Who should apply for this role ?

• Experience: 7 to 10 years of backend development experience in a high-performance, data-centric environment.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, GO, NodeJS, Python.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, with the ability to design and optimize data storage solutions.
• Experience with data processing frameworks like Apache Spark, Flink, or similar.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to tackle complex challenges and come up with innovative solutions.
• Mindset: A language-agnostic approach to development, with a focus on finding the best tool for the job.
• Passion for Ad Tech: Keen interest in the latest trends and technologies in the ad tech industry.
• Team Player: Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a cross-functional, agile environment.

Viacom18’s JioCinema is not just a streaming service; it's a movement, ushering in a new era of entertainment and sports consumption. It aspires to push beyond the traditional OTT platform boundaries, to offer an immersive, interactive viewing experience that transcends conventional viewing. JioCinema integrates real-time streaming, interactive features, and personalized recommendations, to build a more engaging and satisfying viewer experience. All of this while it continues to smash records for concurrent ‘live sports’ viewership and billions of digital views.

On sports, JioCinema is home to some of the biggest live sporting events such as the IPL, and global sporting IPs like FIFA, LaLiga, amongst others. On entertainment, JioCinema boasts of a robust and diverse repository of riveting originals, digital film premieres, reality series, regional content, network content and curated entertainment and sporting content, all available for free. This along with the recently introduced subscription segment presents real-time uninterrupted streaming of premium global titles from leading studios like Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, and JioStudios establish JioCinema as the ultimate entertainment destination. As JioCinema strides towards its goal of becoming India's largest and most loved entertainment company, it is not just focused on size, but on the quality and diversity of the experiences provided. JioCinema is on a mission to ensure that every story, every game, and every piece of content finds its audience and that every audience finds its passion.

Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is one of India’s fastest-growing entertainment networks and a house of iconic brands that offers multi-platform, multi-generational, and multicultural brand experiences. Viacom18 defines entertainment in India by touching the lives of people through its properties on air, online, on the ground, in cinemas, and merchandise. Its portfolio of 38 channels across general entertainment, movies, sports, youth, music, and kids genres delight consumers across the country with its eclectic mix of programming. JioCinema, Viacom18’s OTT platform, is one of India’s leading streaming services and most popular destination for live sports. Viacom18 Studios has successfully produced and distributed iconic Hindi films and clutter-breaking regional films for over 13 years in India.