Staff Software Development Engineer (Backend) - Viewer Experience

Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of core backend systems that power large-scale, high-performance platforms. You’ll own complex projects end to end, operate with autonomy, and play a key role in shaping the architecture and future direction of high-throughput, low-latency systems. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive on solving challenging 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 journey—from first app launch to daily habit loops—across 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 you're 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, fault-tolerant backend systems that power JioStar’s tech stack
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex backend projects, from technical design to deployment and monitoring
• Drive architectural decisions and influence long-term engineering strategy for the team
• Build systems with strong observability and monitoring, ensuring system health, uptime, and fast incident response.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt relevant technologies.
• 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 6-9 years of development experience